世界医保制度之经验教训

4月6日．中共中央、国务院发布了《关于深化医药卫生体制改革的意见》．提出”建立健全覆盖城乡居民的基本医疗卫生制度．为群众提供安全、有效、方便，价廉的医疗卫生服务”的长远目标。为此．本刊介绍了欧美和我国台湾地区的医疗保障制度．希望对大家有所启迪。

Good Health,Good Healthcare

The existence of universal health care is the hallmark of a modern, civilized society. America is the great gaping exception to this rule, and is suffering for it. Americans spend far more than any other country on healthcare per head, and yet have some of the worst public health of any modern nation.The WHO （World Health Organization） rates the American system as both the most expensive and the least efficient in the industrialized world.