Dr. Yasushi Sakuramoto, Maxwell School EMPA candidate Japan has realized the world’s highest level of life expectancy and healthcare standards through the universal health insurance system. This system includes covering all citizens through public health insurance, freedom of choice of medical institution, and high-quality medical services with low costs. While the social insurance system is the basis, public subsidies are the resources used to maintain universal health insurance. With the aging population of Japan, however, challenges such as financial sustainability, geographical inequity, and skewed distribution of physician specialties are being presented. Japan’s experience can provide perspective to other countries’ health policy creation. Dr. Yasushi Sakuramoto is an EMPA candidate with an interest in sustainable health policy, crisis management and leadership. He most recently earned a Master in Public Health from the University of California Berkeley. Prior to his studies, Dr. Sakuramoto was Deputy Director, Medical Economics Division, Health Insurance Bureau in the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Tokyo. In the aftermath of his country’s 2011 earthquake, he was dispatched to Fukishima in order to coordinate a system to dispatch physicians to the most critical areas. Dr. Sakuramoto earned his medical degree from Jutendo University in Japan.
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