National Health Insurance, Taiwan

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David Gauthier-Villars, France Fights Universal Care's High Cost. Wall
Street Journal, Aug. 7, 2009.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124958049241511735.html

My comment:
(a) I did not read the front-page report. However, I was struck by the
illustration titled "Healthy Bites" which showed "Total spending of health
as a percentage of GDP" as well as "Percentage of population with health
insurance."
(b) There are few research papers on Taiwan's healthcare, which offers
universal coverage. I found one presentation with figures to the two
categories above.

Julie CL Sun, Taiwan's Healthcare Industry. Taiwan Institute of Economic
Research, Jan. 16, 2007.
http://www.biotaiwan.org.tw/download/core3/3-6%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E5%90%88%E4%BD%9C/The%20Healthcare%20Industry%20in%20Taiwan(200701).pdf

(i) "Introduction" at page 4/26 stated that "healthcare industry in Taiwan
is worth 6.2% of national GDP or NTD [New Taiwan Dollar] 664.6 billion in
2004. A table at the next page (5) compared with other nations (Japan not
included).
(ii) At page 13/26 with heading "Characteristics of NHI" (acronym for "
National Health Insurance"), the first item stated,

"Mandatory enrollment since 1995
> Cover 96% of population in 2001

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