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In the 1920s Japan crafted a health care system that was based on similar plans that countries in Europe were creating. What this lead to was Japan becoming one of the world’s best countries when it came to providing health care coverage to its citizens. There are certain areas where their health care plans are lacking, but overall it is a solid system.
In Japan there is universal health care coverage available to all citizens. They are able to chose their health care providers, have fees on a sliding scale based on income, and also financing available to pay these fees. ...
The Japanese pay for this system by income taxes and income based taxes. ... 4% of the gross domestic product on health care per person for its citizens (about $2,876), Japan only pays about 6. ... 9% of all health care expenses, while the Japanese government pays for only 31.
Approximate Word count = 693
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