Hong Kong Government Explores Alternatives To Capping Public Health Care Costs
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Six funding alternatives include social health insurance, out-of-pocket payments, medical savings accounts, voluntary or mandatory health insurance and personal health care reserves.
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