NATIONALIZED MODELS & COUNTRY COMPARISIONS CHART

Nationalized Models & Country Comparisons Chart
Antonio P. DeOrtentiis
Grand Canyon University: HLT 205
August 25, 2012

The Italian National Health System, established in 1978, is the primary provider of health insurance to all Italians. It is a decentralized model, most of which is being administered at the regional level. It provides low or no cost health care to all European Union citizens; it provides inpatient treatment which covers primary care visits, diagnostic testing, drugs and medications, surgeries during hospitalizations, out-patient treatments, pediatricians, dental treatments and other specialists. Private insurance is available and sometimes offered by employers, about 35 percent of Italians use private health care. The government covers the cost of all primary care and inpatient treatment, while drugs and advanced tests require co-payments of up to 30 percent. Children and the elderly do make these payments. You must have health insurance if you want to live in Italy. The government gets the resources to pay for this system from taxes collected at a national level combined with taxes collected at the regional sectors, the doctors and other medical care provider’s work for both the private and public sectors, where they received their payments from.
If receiving public health insurance you sign up and you choose a doctor. Doctors will not have more than 1,500 patients. If you do not like your Doctor you can always switch to another; but that doctor can only take you if they have open slots available.
The United States is based on imperfect market. It is a pluralistic system, which differs from Italy’s national health system. The US health insurance is run by the private sector. Italy’s financing is dealt with at the national level where the health care side is