Any shift toward single payer health care in the U.S. is going to be a very gradual change due to the power of insurance companies. We have to find some way to reduce health care costs and offer universal access to medical treatment.
Taiwan is perhaps the best model for a national health care system.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89651916 The Taiwanese system seems to cover everything and yet Taiwan spends less than half of what the U.S. spends in GDP on health care. One reason why the system in Taiwan may
work is that it stresses prevention and incorporates the holistic approach of traditional Chinese medicine. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/7/26
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