Poor country Thailand has universal healthcare

[TopSage]

Interesting to read the articles in the link below...when they first implemented it 10 yrs ago, the elites there said will not work and will bankrupt the country. It turned out to be a spectacular success.

99.5% of citizens have insurance covering both primary care and catastropic illness. 15-20% of Singaporeans are uninsured and up to 30% could be under insured.

Thais implemented the 30baht scheme which is now well known for its success. Under the scheme the Thais pay a flat 30baht consultant fee, those who are above 60 and the poor see the doctor for free.

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1475-9276-6-11

http://asiancorrespondent.com/10680...ailands-universal-coverage-healthcare-scheme/

While Thais are living in an unenviable poor country compared with super rich Singapore, the govt set aside its limited resources to build a universal healthcare system so that citizens no longer worry abt healthcare financing out of their pockets. On the other hand, Singapore, the country with one of the wealthest govt by reserves, has a system in which the citizens have the highest out of pocket payment among developed countries and some of the people feel they can afford to die but cannot afford to get sick.

 

[Char_Azn]

Their "universal healthcare" was implemented by Thaksin. Wanna guess what happened to him?

BTW Thaksin have more than a couple of times openly announced his admiration for PAP

 

[palden]

Friend they pay their ministers in baht and sinkees paid their millionsters in sink dollar. Where do you think the millions comes from? Universal hell care is what sinkees can afford la.

 

[TopSage]

Their "universal healthcare" was implemented by Thaksin. Wanna guess what happened to him?

BTW Thaksin have more than a couple of times openly announced his admiration for PAP

His admiration for PAP doesn't mean he admire every aspect of the system in place. Thaksin is as brilliant as he is flawed. His pursuit of populism as a tool set himself as up as an enemy of Bangkok elites. His universal healthcare system was initially greeted with scepticism that it was a purr populist effort that eventually would prove unsustainable. 11 yrs later, all research shows the universal scheme a success that gave access to good medical services to all citizens and caused no great strain on the budget.

How does the singapore system measuring up? We have the highest out of pocket expenditure among developed countries which means the burden on those who get sick is very high. We have not insured everyone. In Thailand medical is free for those above 60, in singapore we drop coverage for those who need it most, elderly above 90.

 

[Leongsam]

Singapore is number 4 on the life expectancy table.

Thailand is number 73.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

Those who think Thailand has better healthcare are welcome to move up to Thailand to shorten their life by almost a decade.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Their "universal healthcare" was implemented by Thaksin. Wanna guess what happened to him?

BTW Thaksin have more than a couple of times openly announced his admiration for PAP

Pray tell what happened to thaksin exactly?
Don't you know he is running the current Thai administration behind the scene?
Do you know he still has the majority of popular votes?
Even uneducated Thai farmers got more balls and political savvy than 60.1% of sinkies that's why their govt looks after them.

The other part regarding thaksin being pap admirer....TS already replied.

 

[TopSage]

We are talking about healthcare financing.
In Singapore, we have highest out of pocket
worse in the developed countrries... meaning people worry about getting sick due to financial burden
Like US is most advanced in medical technology but the health care system is a mess

Singapore is number 4 on the life expectancy table.

Thailand is number 73.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

Those who think Thailand has better healthcare are welcome to move up to Thailand to shorten their life by almost a decade.

 

[Froggy]

Singapore is number 4 on the life expectancy table.

Thailand is number 73.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

Those who think Thailand has better healthcare are welcome to move up to Thailand to shorten their life by almost a decade.

Boss don't like that curse me leh.

 

[DogVader]

Their "universal healthcare" was implemented by Thaksin. Wanna guess what happened to him?

BTW Thaksin have more than a couple of times openly announced his admiration for PAP

Fuck the Yellow Shirts.

 

[tonychat]

Boss don't like that curse me leh.

i thought if you see doctor free.. the doctor will give you fuck up medicine. he doctor can't claimed the money from the govt or has to wait for a long time.

 

[Froggy]

Pray tell what happened to thaksin exactly?
Don't you know he is running the current Thai administration behind the scene?
Do you know he still has the majority of popular votes?
Even uneducated Thai farmers got more balls and political savvy than 60.1% of sinkies that's why their govt looks after them.

The other part regarding thaksin being pap admirer....TS already replied.

Come on you guys did not see him last month? He was at the F1 Singapore

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/371076/

With good friend


With Aung San Suu Kyi


With daughters

 

[tonychat]

Singapore is number 4 on the life expectancy table.

Thailand is number 73.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

Those who think Thailand has better healthcare are welcome to move up to Thailand to shorten their life by almost a decade.

Japan is number 1?? that is pre-nuclear pollution is it?

with huge amount of radiation that japan-kie are taking in, their life expectancy can go to the last of the last.

 

[Froggy]

i thought if you see doctor free.. the doctor will give you fuck up medicine. he doctor can't claimed the money from the govt or has to wait for a long time.

kekekekeke Pii Tony I go Bumrunrad la hiso hiso but most of my illness performing hyro-therapy in Poseidon Hospital can cure me liao

 

[winners]

Well, I still remember when our Polyclinics charged S$0.50 for consultation fee during the early 1970s.

 

[t0nychat]

Malaysia healthcare thr best...

 

[tonychat]

kekekekeke Pii Tony I go Bumrunrad la hiso hiso but most of my illness performing hyro-therapy in Poseidon Hospital can cure me liao

i am referring to the common thais lah... so when they mention best health care, but do they really practise it with integrity.

 

[looneytan]

i am referring to the common thais lah... so when they mention best health care, but do they really practise it with integrity.

your ladyboyboy got his-er asshole enlargement procedure for 30 bahts you ask him-er lah

 

[Marilyn]

Singapore is number 4 on the life expectancy table.

Thailand is number 73.

...and how is that a good thing given the quality of life for the elderly in Singapore?

 

[Leongsam]

...and how is that a good thing given the quality of life for the elderly in Singapore?

There is nothing wrong with the quality of life in Singapore. It's a lot better compared to most other countries.

 

[bryanlim1972]

the battle in thailand is different. it is between the monarchy and the republicans.

Their "universal healthcare" was implemented by Thaksin. Wanna guess what happened to him?

BTW Thaksin have more than a couple of times openly announced his admiration for PAP