Taiwan is one of the few countries where citizens enjoy universal health care, which is managed by the Taiwan National Healthcare Insurance (NHI) system. The NHI system, established in March, 1995 by the Taiwan Government, has provided high-quality health care with low insurance premiums. The average monthly insurance premium the typical Taiwanese citizen pays is NT$1377, which is approximately US$42.1 Such a low health-care expense ensures equitable access for all 23 million Taiwanese citizens.
Month: August 2024
Trump’s spectacle is no match for Harris’s substance
This election isn’t just another political match — it’s a reckoning.
For years, Donald Trump has masqueraded as the champion of the working class, a man of the people with a golden touch for business and so-called "common-sense" solutions.
But let’s be real: The Trump campaign is a fraud. His faux populism is nothing more than a cynical con, wrapped in flag-waving theatrics and reality TV spectacle. While he posed for photo ops and riled up his b...
Fox News host, Newsom spar over Harris’s policy
Fox News anchor Bret Baier and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) argued over Vice President Harris’s policy stance ahead of her big night at the Democratic National Convention (DNC).
Speaking from Chicago, Baier pressed Newsom on Harris backing away from taking strong stances on some policy issues she held during her previous presidential campaign.
Other Republicans have begun attacking Harris for similar reasons, including former GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Updated COVID vaccines get FDA green light
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Presidential candidates hesitate to single out the poor for extra help
In her major economic speech last Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris declared that “building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency, because I strongly believe when the middle class is strong, America is strong.” Her approach follows in the footsteps of her Democratic predecessors -- Presidents Clinton, Obama and Biden all embraced versions of a middle-out approach to build the American economy.
But in a Pew poll conducted earlier this year, 9 out of 10...
Despite Trump’s Accusations, Democrats Have Largely Avoided Medicare for All
The policy has played little role at the Democratic National Convention. Republicans continue to suggest Vice President Kamala Harris would pursue it as president.
Despite Trump’s Accusations, Democrats Have Largely Avoided Medicare for All
The policy has played little role at the Democratic National Convention. Republicans continue to suggest Vice President Kamala Harris would pursue it as president.
Pelosi uses convention stage to highlight Trump’s role in Jan. 6 attack
CHICAGO – Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) went after Donald Trump on Wednesday, using her prime-time platform at the Democratic National Convention to warn voters that his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is enough evidence he poses an outsized threat to American democracy.
But in her signature style, she never once mentioned his name.
Instead, Pelosi dedicated a large part of her short speech to revisit the Jan. 6 attack, when a mob of Trump...
Harris campaign targets Asian Americans in battleground states in new ads
The Harris campaign on Wednesday launched a pair of ads specifically targeting Asian American and Pacific Islanders in battleground states, seeking to appeal to a fast-growing voting bloc that will play a key role in November.
The campaign unveiled one ad, titled "Reduced," that highlights Trump's past comments about getting rid of the Affordable Care Act. Trump has in recent days suggested he would only get rid of the landmark health care legislation if he can find an alterna...
Obama warns of ‘tight race’ ahead, ‘dangerous’ return of Trump
CHICAGO - Former President Barack Obama warned about the close race between Vice President Harris and former President Trump in November, while bashing his successor as dangerous, chaotic and unsympathetic.
“This will still be a tight race in a closely divided country. A country where too many Americans are still struggling, where a lot of Americans don’t believe government can help and as we gather here tonight, the people who will decide this election are asking a very simpl...