Alliance Health Card

Can you add AF [ Atlantic Federation], please ?

Galbadia Proudly want to join

Syldavia won't join this because we already offer free health care to all Syldavian citizens.

We have a policy that makes the cost of hospitalization to foreign people the same price as in their country.

AF has public healthcare. And high ta.. ooops.

Shushtrepistaz will not join unless it is being fully funded by AIN

Exaletas will most definitely join.

Let me know if you need my location.

Illu'a will join.

Some clarifications necessary:

-What is the breakdown of costs, with regards to the bill of each individual patient?
-Do all hospitals in a country participate, or just public ones?
-Does this then cover major illnesses (e.g cancer)?
-If so, are there any ways to prevent it from abuse (by going overseas for free medical treatment?

@Forthwall: It is funded entirely by the Department of Healthcare, a part of the Ministry for Citizen's Affairs.

@Edge: Yes I need your location.

@Kevin: Each citizen travelling abroad would need to carry an Alliance Health Card, similar to their national organ donor card, for example, which would inform the hospital that they can receive emergency medical attention for free. It only covers healthcare which is normally covered by a statutory health care system in the visited country, so it does not render travel insurance obsolete.

Private hospitals may participate if they sign up to the AHC programme. If a nation alone applies, then it will be guaranteeing that all public hospitals will participate.

This covers emergency medical care, meaning necessary treatment that cannot be received after they return to their home nation. Therefore it doesn't include health tourists or care that can be delayed until they have returned home without risking their life(eg: dental treatment).
That means that cancer treatment cannot be received under the AHC unless it is emergency treatment (eg: in cases where you did not know you had cancer, or if your condition rapidly deteriorates and you cannot return home safely)

Okatabawashi does not yet have a full free healthcare system, and cannot enter this scheme

Your healthcare system doesn't need to be free. It just means that foreign tourists who need emergency medical attention will have their fees paid for by the Ministry for Citizen's Affairs.

Shush's reason is that they hate tourists just like old bro Japan kidding

Shushtrepistaz pulls out of this plan

Thomas, how do you even get the money

Lorenta also pulls out of this plan.

Same question as Forth

The Alliance of Independent Nations provides an annual budget to Ministry of Citizens' Affairs', Health Department. If the minister believes that this is acheiveable within his assigned budget, then the scheme shall go ahead no matter who joins it.

And how does AIN get money :p

I would assume the same way the united nations operates.. You have to pay a percentage of GDP to be a member..

@SBL: Make your mind up already. You're either in, or out.

The AIN has to have some form of budget for the departments. A budget was made last year and ministries were given a specific budget which they can spend.
The AIN is paid money by national governments for their membership to pay for all of these things, like AIN Expo, AINvision, Alliance Games, Alliance Health Card... It's all paid for somehow. Did you expect the money came out of nowhere?

Maybe a new AIN budget will be made by the Ministry for Innovation, Trade and Investment.

I agree with Jo. I thought it was already a universal knowledge. hmm

And we said how it works on skype

LCO pays 22%, AF 14%