The 4 Models of Healthcare
by Brazesh Jha
1. The National Health Insurance Model
1.1. Ineffectiveness of the Beveridge, Bismarck models
1.2. Insurance Based and Single entity
1.3. Costs Strongly influenced by the government
1.4. Employer Employee contributions used by the federal government as an insurance funds
1.5. Canada
2. The Out-of-Pocket Model
2.1. Low/Middle income countires
2.2. Lack of health insurances
2.3. Lack of resources and infrastructures to adopt the other 3 models
2.4. People who have the ability to pay
2.5. Random prices
2.6. Self-financed
3. The Beveridge Model
3.1. Great Britian
3.2. Near Extinction of GB
3.3. Supreme Optimism for post war life
3.4. Full access to all regardless of ability to pay
3.5. Tax Based and free for all
3.6. Financed by tax payers, the government
4. The Bismarck Model
4.1. Germany
4.2. View of Universal Health insurance as an effective tactic in German unification
4.3. Everyone who is insured
4.4. Relatively low costs, fixed prices
4.5. Financed by the insurance agencies
