1. What are the similarities between Germany and Japan’s healthcare system?
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Spend less of their GDP on healthcare
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Both countries are funded by taxes -
Higher quality of healthcare services
2. What are the differences between the two systems?
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Germany’s healthcare is more expensive and less efficient than Japan's healthcare where it is less expensive and more efficient
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Japan has fee-for-service healthcare
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Germany healthcare is based on taxes however the more you make, the more you’re taxed -
Germany is diagnosis related 3. Are there elements of these countries' healthcare system that should be implemented
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The tax bracket should be implemented, in order to help more people have attainable healthcare
4. If implemented, how might they improve quality, decrease cost, and/or increase access to care? -
If a tax bracket is implemented in the U.S, it would increase access to healthcare because now people would be paying a set amount based on their income 5. Based on your understanding of the Bismarck healthcare model, how is it different from the Beveridge healthcare model?
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The Bismarck model pays for healthcare by grouping certain medical standards together and paid privately
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Beveridge model pays for all healthcare through taxes
