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Challenges of Implementing Universal Health Care in Thailand

In: Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia

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  • Viroj Tangcharoensathien
  • Waranya Teokul
  • Lalita Chanwongpaisarn

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The landslide victory of the Thai Rak Thai Party on 6 January 2001 was a milestone in the country’s progress towards universal health care for the Thai people. To deliver its campaign promises, the newly elected government guaranteed a policy of ‘30 Baht for Treating Every Illness’, under which all Thais would be eligible for medical services at a flat charge of 30 Baht per visit. Although previous governments had offered full or partial health welfare schemes to various segments of the population, the 30 Baht scheme was a bold initiative in implementing universal coverage (UC) of public health insurance, especially in view of the economic turmoil within which it was implemented. Unlike Japan, Korea and Taiwan, which extended health care coverage in a favourable economic environment, Thailand introduced the UC amid an economic downturn.

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  • Viroj Tangcharoensathien & Waranya Teokul & Lalita Chanwongpaisarn, 2005. "Challenges of Implementing Universal Health Care in Thailand," Social Policy in a Development Context, in: Huck-ju Kwon (ed.), Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia, chapter 11, pages 257-282, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:sopchp:978-0-230-52366-1_12
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230523661_12
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