Editing Health care reform (section)

===Taiwan===
{{Further|Healthcare in Taiwan}}
Taiwan changed its healthcare system in 1995 to a National Health Insurance model similar to the US [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] system for seniors. As a result, the 40% of Taiwanese people who had previously been uninsured are now covered.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/countries/ PBS Taiwan: A New System They Copied From Others]</ref> It is said to deliver universal coverage with free choice of doctors and hospitals and no waiting lists. Polls in 2005 are reported to have shown that 72.5% of Taiwanese are happy with the system, and when they are unhappy, it's with the cost of premiums (equivalent to less than US$20 a month).<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=frol02p101&continuous=1 PBS: Sick Around the World]</ref>

Employers and the self-employed are legally bound to pay National Health Insurance (NHI) premiums which are similar to social security contributions in other countries.  However, the NHI is a pay-as-you-go system. The aim is for the premium income to pay costs.  The system is also subsidized by a tobacco tax surcharge and contributions from the national lottery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.world-lotteries.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=669&Itemid=1|title=GTECH joint venture signs Taiwan lottery license|website=www.world-lotteries.org|access-date=2016-09-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ye|first1=Chun-Yuan|last2=Lee|first2=Jie-Min|last3=Chen|first3=Sheng-Hong|date=2006-03-10|title=Economic gains and health benefits from a new cigarette tax scheme in Taiwan: a simulation using the CGE model|journal=BMC Public Health|volume=6|pages=62|doi=10.1186/1471-2458-6-62|issn=1471-2458|pmc=1459137|pmid=16529653 |doi-access=free }}</ref>