The enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) can be considered an important policy intervention in the context of the U.S. health care. The ACA supported non-elderly adults to obtain health insurance coverage. While Medicare provided health insurance to almost all elderly-adults (persons over 65), the ACA...
Since 1989, when South Korea achieved universal health coverage (UHC), 97.1% of the population has been covered under the NHI system with remaining 3% receiving services through the Medical Aid Program. Regardless of the sufficient population coverage, patients who require high-cost procedures still experience overwhelming costs of care due to...