Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership Task 3, SAT1-0517/1217 Western Governors University

Healthcare Financing A1. Country to Compare The country I chose to compare to the United States healthcare system is Japan.
A1. Access Access to healthcare in Japan is incredibly easy. Japans constitution expressly declares that citizens have a right to health and that it is the states responsibility to ensure this right can be realized. The governments commitment to health for all led to universal health care coverage in 1961 (Japan Health Policy NOW, 2020). Japan has a Statutory Health Insurance System (SHIS) that provides universal healthcare coverage to all residents of Japan. Participants are free to choose health care facilities, and receive good quality...