Reply To: Week 3 Topic 2

[Penpitcha Thawong]

If we compare healthcare prices between the US and Thailand, it can be said that they are completely different.
The United States is mostly capitalistic that is an economic system based on private ownership. Medical price regulation mostly also depends on private sectors. Therefore some people may think better health services reflect how much they able to pay. whoever cannot afford it, they do not deserve it. It is a fact in a capitalist society. In Thailand, because of different settings, most Thai people can’t afford to pay for healthcare prices. The government can set the price and develop policy allows people to have more chances to receive healthcare services. Thailand UHC covers around 99% of the whole population, and for the rest, the government always try finds the way to help them. As a consequence of this, we cannot determine which country has the best healthcare system (price/service) because I believe that each country has its proper system fit to their social, political and economics.