TAIWAN & SINGLE-PAYER NATIONAL HEALTHCARE May 19, 2008

TAIWAN & SINGLE-PAYER
What can Americans learn from Taiwan's successful move to a national single-payer health insurance system?

Monday, May 19th, 2008, 7:00 pm
Venue: Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York.
1 East 42nd Street, 4th Floor. b/w 5th & Madison.

Seating is limited, please RSVP by e-mailing: events@phimg.org

America spends 15% of GDP on healthcare yet has hundreds of millions of uninsured and under insured citizens. Taiwan implemented a national single-payer healthcare system in, 1995 that provides coverage to it's entire population for only 5% of GDP. Could this single payer success be replicated in the U.S.A?

We'll be joined by the Chief Financial Officer of Taiwan's Bureau National Health Insurance, Mr. Michael S. Chen, who will brief us on his countries move to single payer and answer your questions. We will also screen a one-hour documentary that contrasts America's market-based healthcare systems against several of the universal healthcare systems in use around the world, including Taiwan's single-payer system.

Official Website: http://www.phimg.org/V2/