National Health Insurance Model Nations Include:

“The National Health Insurance model has elements of both the Beveridge and Bismarck models. It uses private-sector providers, but payment comes from a government-run insurance program that all citizens fund through a premium or tax. These universal insurance programs tend to be less expensive and have lower administrative costs than American-style for-profit insurance plans. National Health Insurance plans also control costs by limiting the medical services they pay for and/or requiring patients wait to be treated. The classic National Health Insurance system can be found in Canada.”

Source: Wallace, Lorraine S. “A view of health care around the world.” Annals of family medicine vol. 11,1 (2013): 84. doi:10.1370/afm.1484 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3596027/

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