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National health insurance, also called universal health insurance, is a system of government-provided health care to all citizens. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, this is also called government insurance or social insurance.
Universality
National health insurance ensures that all residents have access to health care.
No Immediate Individual Cost
National health insurance provides medical care to all citizens; those citizens do not incur a direct cost either during or after treatment.
Less Paperwork
National health insurance systems have less paperwork because the providers need only deal with one payer when billing for a patient's care.
Lower Total Costs
As measured in terms of a percentage of gross domestic product, nations that have a national health insurance system spend less in total for health care than does the United States, which does not have such a plan.
Capital Improvements for Health Care Infrastructure
According to the Physicians for a National Health Program, universal health insurance would, by saving money on billing and marketing, allow that money to be used for capital improvements of hospitals and other health care facilities.
Source:
Definition of health insurance, Encyclopedia Britannica
Canadian Healthcare System, New Rules Project
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