given the penalty is like 100USD or so, ehh. Its around the same if you do pay so it’s not a big deal to me. Plus it’s done in a way that’s pretty good overall. I think over 99% of people are covered. Medical care is pretty good, no long waits and it’s pretty cheap if you do get it. I think just under 20$ a month?
Okay, so NHI works despite of socialism because the underlying system is good. But, I’m sure we could all agree we would all be much better off if the socialism was ditched ? The efficient health care would still be there, its just that we don’t need to pay for other peoples bad habits.
I don’t have an issue with what you said. But I also don’t feel like it’s complete BS with people taking my money because Taiwan doesn’t have things like entirely preventable obesity related health issues just draining the system.
The important thing is that it’s fair and works. It’s not much and you get a lot from it pretty fairly with everyone. It’s not perfect but it does work well for almost anyone.
Except as history shows, once private systems go into place prices generally skyrocket.
The CEO is beholden to the shareholders for top dollar , I think socialistic systems are needed for vital things like health care, electricity, cellular networks, water, roads, internet access, car insurance
I was going to go with Singapore has 82% of the population living in public housing (down from 87% a few decades ago), and HK has around 50% plus the world-famous “cage homes”. I’m not dissing either city, just pointing out that they’re not really the laissez-faire paradises they’re made out to be.
I’m not wild about the compulsory part, but the idea of pooled risk is hardly socialist. After all, modern insurance was invented by those horrible imperialist capitalists, the British.
I didn’t know it was 50% in cages. Are you sure that’s correct? That’s way higher than I remembered. Is this also including just small homes or actual cages?
Yes both of them have issues, some of it is partly just a lack of land in HK. But as for attracting foreign skilled talents, both of them do a far greater job than Taiwan for a reason. There are obviously many reasons but most people coming there earning on the top brackets of income can probably look past smaller homes.