provided insurance through their employer. Health care in Japan – People without insurance through employers can participate in a national health insurance program administered by local governments. Healthcare in Nigeria – National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Health care in the Netherlands Healthcare in the Philippines – Social Health Insurance Program, a resource pooling, risk sharing health care program that provides quality health care financing not only to the employed but to the sick, elderly, and indigents, as well Health care in Poland Healthcare in South Korea Healthcare in Switzerland – A compulsory health insurance covers a range of treatments which are set out in detail in the Federal Act. Healthcare in Taiwan – National Health Insurance (NHI) Health care in the United Kingdom – National Insurance See also Health care compared Health care politics Publicly funded health care Single-payer health care Universal health care References Further reading Nicholas Laham: Why the United States lacks a national health insurance program, Westport, Conn. [u.a.] : Greenwood Press, 1993 Barona, B., Plaza, B., and Hearst, N. (2001) Managed Competition for the poor or poorly managed: Lessons from the Colombian health reform experience. Oxford University Press Ronald L. Numbers (ed.): Compulsory Health Insurance: The Continuing American Debate, Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1982. Saltman, R.B., Busse, R. and Figueras, J. (2004) Social health insurance systems in western Europe, Berkshire/New York: Open University Press/McGraw-Hill. Saltman, R.B. and Dubois, H.F.W. (2004) Individual incentive schemes in social health insurance systems, 10(2): 21-25. Full text Van de Ven, W.P.M.M., Beck, K., Buchner, F. et al. (2003) Risk adjustment and risk selection on the sickness fund market in five European countries, Health Policy, 65(1=: 75-98. Saltman, R.B. and Dubois, H.F.W. (2005) Current reform proposals in social health insurance countries, Eurohealth, 11(1): 10-14. Full text External links Health Care for America NOW!. An advocacy group that supports a public health insurance option for universal health care. Health Care Issues & Resources Barack Obama Website Health Debate Pros and Cons Family Doctor Magazine Website Health economics Social programs Health policy