1. Group: FOXTROP
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Julien Viard
Alessandra Moratti
Isobel Wilson
Angela Villegas
Tanguy Ducouret

2. 1) Britain preventive medicine

3. • Positive (for the US):
– System covers everybody
– Never have to pay a medical bill
– Financed from the general taxation
– No medical bankruptcy
– Physicians are encouraged to keep people healthy
(bonus)
– World leader in preventive medicine
• Negative (why it should not work in the US):
– Long waiting list for patients
– Hospitals compete to survive and not to make profits
– Too much government for the US
– Brits are much more taxed

4. Britain Healthcare statistics vs USA
• Expenditure on health % GDP: 8.4%/ 16%
• Expenditure on health per capita: $2,992/ $7,290
• Expenditure from private sector: 12.9%/ 52.8%
• Infant mortality per 1,000 births: 4.8/ 6.7
• Life expectancy at birth: 79.1 years/ 78.1 years

5. 2) Japan: No Gatekeepers

6. • Positive (for the US):
– Spend half as much as the US on healthcare per capita
– Longest life expectancy all over the world
– Everybody has to sign up for a health insurance policy at work or through
community (for jobless)
– Japan’s system is largely private (80% of hospitals)
– All citizens are covered and it is very cheap (fairness)
– Price regulation by the government to keep prices low
– Same prices everywhere in the country
– High tech system of healthcare
– Patients can see any specialists they want
– Competition between doctors, clinics and hospitals is fierce
• Negative (why it should not work in the US):
– Doctors can’t get rich: undervalued and underpaid
– Too much control by the government for prices regulation (“Big Brother”)
– Insurance companies are not allowed to make profits
– 50% of hospital are in financial deficits
– Japanese system spend too little

7. Japanese healthcare statistics vs USA
• Expenditure on health % GDP: 7.1% / 16%
• Expenditure on health per capita: $2,373/
$7,290
• Life expectancy: 82.25 years/ 78.1 years
• Infant mortality per 1,000 births: 5/ 6.7

8. Germany: a market-based system

9. • Positive (for the US):
– 90 % of the population covered by the system
– German pay premium based on their income
– Population is highly satisfied
– Sickness funds (1,100) compete among
themselves but are not allowed to make profits
– Sickness funds negotiate with drug companies and
medical providers to keep prices low
– Excellent quality and efficiency of the system
• Negative (why it should not work in the US)
– Rich pay for the poor and the ill are covered by
the healthy

10. German healthcare statistics vs USA
• Expenditure on health % GDP: 10.4% / 16%
• Expenditure on health per capita: $3,588/
$7,290
• Life expectancy: 80.07 years/ 78.1 years
• Infant mortality per 1,000 births: 3.54/ 6.7

11. Taiwan: a new system

12. • Positive (for the US):
– A mix of all the best ideas for healthcare of all around
the world
– Equal access to healthcare
– Free choice of doctors
– No waiting time
– Encourage lots of competition among medical
providers
– Smart card
• Negative (why it should not work in the US)
– Government spend too little and is borrowing from
banks to pay the providers (solution: increase the part
of healthcare in the GDP)

13. Taiwanese healthcare statistics vs USA
• Expenditure on health % GDP: 5.8% / 16%
• Expenditure on health per capita: $752/
$7,290
• Life expectancy: 78.32 years/ 78.1 years
• Infant mortality per 1,000 births: 5.18/ 6.7

14. Switzerland: a familiar system

15. • Positive (for the US):
– It is possible to fix the healthcare system
– Low administrative costs
– Keep cheap universal coverage
• Negative (why it should not work in the US)
– How much people are willing to pay the premium?
– Switzerland average cost of the
premium:$750/month

16. Switzerland healthcare statistics vs
USA
• Expenditure on health % GDP: 11.8% / 16%
• Expenditure on health per capita: $4,500/
$7,290
• Life expectancy: 81.07 years/ 78.1 years
• Infant mortality per 1,000 births: 4.08/ 6.7