taiwan has a highly rated health care system.e, it's a rock star when it comes to holding down costs. the taiwans spent 7% on their health care, and that's compared to our 17%. the government drives a hard bargain on fees with providers, and taiwan can monitor its spending with this cool device, the smart card. you swipe it anytime you go to the doctor, and they can pull up recent medical history, and when you are done, he'll have a record of that day's visit. then he'll send an estimate of your bill to the government right away so officials know how much has been spent at any given time. compare that to the medicare in the u.s. which can only estimate the spending levels two years after the fact. >> in taiwan, that's recorded on a daily basis. >> but wouldn't all of that government stinginess make it hard to see the doctor? surprisingly, that's not the case. americans go to the doctor four times a year on average. the taiwanese go around 14 times a year. >> and they stay in hospitals much longer than americans stay in hospitals.

the taiwanes go less. >> the average stay in taiwan is ten days, and in the u.s. five days. >> how do they provide that care at such a low cost? >> one way, the doctors work their tails off. the primary clinic is open 11 hours a day, six days a week. >> may take care of more than 200 patients a day. >> the fees that government insurance fees doctors are very low. he gets $14 for each primary care visit. his colleague in the u.s. makes $100 per patient. they just raised the amount people pay to get more in the system, but don't expect politicians to do something like that very often. >> taiwan has succeeded in raising premium rates twice. just twice. >> no matter which health care system you visit, politics always comes into play. the next country we're going to visit has some remarkably similar politics to our own. it passed a version of obamacare 18 years ago. has it worked out or is it a disaster? find out when we come back. what happens when classroom teachers get the training... ...and support they need? schools flourish and students blossom. that's why progra

taiwan had that unique opportunity.ry provides eye-opening lessons for the united states. tiger economies like taiwan in south korea skyrocketed out of poverty in the 1980s and '90s. taiwan was growing at 7% a year, joining the ranks of rich countries in no time. >> the country was getting richer. however, the health care insurance system was not all good at the time. >> so mae chang says 41% had no health insurance. >> we paid out of pocket. for the really poor, you paid a lot. >> so taiwan decided to reform its system of care from the ground up. william chow is one of the world's leading health care gurus. >> we invite experts from all the whole range of countries so we can throw out the lessons and their experience. for taiwan. >> reporter: the panel considered the u.s. its close geopolitical ally as a model for health care. they were not impressed. >> you can learn whatnot to do from the united states rather than learn what to do. >> reporter: they also looked at great britain. but the brit's government-run system w

we will visit great britain and taiwan and switzerland to find out what they are doing right and wrong. we will show you some interesting innovation going on back here in america in one of the poorest, most crime ridden cities in the nation. but, first, let's talk about the one thing americans are certain is bad. government-run health care across the atlantic in great britain. is the nation's health service an evil death panel as some say? let's take a look. >> reporter: during america's debate over health care reform britain's said the system that rationed care to those in need. were they right? britain does have a system that is as close to socialized medicine as any rich country gets. the government pays for everything, owns most of the hospitals, and pays most of the doctors. but consider this. compared to americans, the britts have longer life span and lower infant mortality rate and a health care system that consistently ranks higher on every measure. all this and everyone's care is covered. no payments to doctors and no monthly charges from your insurance company, no copays, no

we know what it means to serve. >>> twi waie wo taiwan showed uc insurance can work.not a popular campaign slogan for many americans right now so we search the world for a completely private model. we found one in europe of all places. imagine an alternate universe where a version of obama care has been the law of the land for almost two decades. no, you haven't entered the twilight zone. you're in switzerland. >> tell the congress you want us to act and act now! >> right around the time president clinton was pushing health care reform in the 1990s, ruth dreyfus, a left wing swiss official was pushing reform in her own country and she faced a lot of tough questions. >> will we have to pay for the treatment of the addicts? will we have to pay for treatment of obese people? >> switzerland is extremely business friendly and it's always gone its own wayioning the euro and charting its own course in health care with private providers and private insurance. that's actually not so rare according to journalist t.r. reid. one of the things that many americans believe about hea

most of these imported eels have can come from china or taiwan but competition is about to get tougher. nhk world reports from indonesia. >> on southern java island, from november to january, swarms of eels venture upstream from the indian ocean. indonesia is a treasure trove for these creatures. there are 19 known species of eel in the world. of them, indonesia is home to 12 according to research by local university. i am now paying a visit to a house located just an hour from jakarta, and look what i found in their backyard. unagi. this is how they breed unagi in this area. the eels cultivate in this pool belong to the species and their young are captured locally. the owner is one of a few artificial breeders of unagi in indonesia. for the past four years, he has been working to develop his skills as an eel breeder. >> translator: we can't get special feed for eels in indones indonesia. so i've tried all kinds of food. >> he mixes corn oil, shrimp and crab meat with regular fish feed. the nutritional analyst told him exactly how much fat is needed for the eels to grow. he is especial

taiwan. in addition, we also have the rain. unlike the other system we just mentioned, damrey, this is moving slowly which means fro longed rain. we could see as much as 300 millimeters for the northern half of taiwan, that includes the capitol of taipei. as the system moves on, we exct land fall somewhere along the eastern coast of area. we just need to keep an eye on it. it is moving very slowly. quite difficult to see exactly what it will do at the moment. more heavy rain will be affecting northern china. we will see anything from about a hundred to 250 millimeters of rain in provinces. that could definitely exacerbate any flooding situation here. the land is already saturated and really coming down for the last several days. south of that, things are looking high and dry. that means heat. 35 for you in shanghai and temperatures are wely the low to mid 30s across much of japan as well. with the potential for thunderstorms during the heat of the day. more thunderstorms in east portions of t

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most imported eel comes from china and taiwan but farms are catching fewer young eels to raise.stimate says supplies have fallen nearly 80% from the peak. a major eel supplier, wholesaler decided to import eels from the african country. another choel sailer in wholesaler in tokyo followed suit. employees of the company sampled some of the madagascar eels before sending them to the market. >> price could be a selling point, eels from madagascar cost 40% less than those caught in japan. wholesalers are betting consumers will eat up the summertime delicacy. >>> here's a look at the latest market figures. >>> people living in western japan are hoping for a break in the weather. they have been feeling the brunt of this year's rainy season, rising rivers, landslides are making life difficult. at least one person is dead and another is missing. an active seasonal rain front has brought a deluge to western japan. the worst of it was earlier tuesday. downpours were recorded over three hours on the border of outa prefecture. the storm water completely uprooted a factory. a 76-year-old wor

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in the northern half of taiwan. you can see as much as 600 millimeters of rain. in the next three days. and that will include taipei. more than a meter of rain in the next few days from the system. expecting extensive flooding, potential for landslides as well as the very strong wind coming in. there is already very heavy rain moving through northern china. and the rain could bring 100, 250 millimeters. and landing on already saturated land. so, flooding, landslides, high risk too. now head through to north america. more storms to the southeast. from florida up to the mid-atlantic. you will be dealing with unsettled weather today. and to the midwest and up into northern quebec to the great lakes region. very unsettled. to the east, not too bad. you are getting much needed rain across the four corners. but when that monsoon rain cups -- rain comes in, that could be pretty heavy. a dome of pressure keeping things dry and extremely hot in the south. and oklahoma city, 42 degrees for you today. unfortunately doesn't look like it is going to change. into the next few

the latter is home to japan's islands which are claimed by china and taiwan. the white paper expresses concern over china's reluctance to disclose military information. the report will be released to the public after being submitted to the cabinet by the end of this month. >>> chinese leaders are making another move in their campaign to assert control over disputed territory in the south china sea. a mayor is now in charge of the new city that consolidates the country's administration of three island chains. southeast asia nations also claim sovereignty over the islands. chinese authorities established samcha city which includes the separately and parasail islands. the news agency says the district's ledges laifshg congress appointed a deputy, deputy mayor, and directors. the director says the new government is fully aware of its historical importance. he restate china's claims over the islands and pledged to contribute to the management development and protection of the territory and the surrounding waters. analysts say the philippines, vietnam, and other cou

china stillapart on a japan's foreign minister koichiro gemba and h thed by taiwan and china. of three chinese patrol boats in the to leave japanese territory. some of the islands l he said peaceful and stable control of the islands is im yang countries including islands in the south china sea. yang said the issues should be resolv declared islands off ho at a meeting of the ruling united russia party on wednesday, dmitry medvedev said the islands are an extremely promised residents the government will build sports and health facilities on two of the nd i returned after the peacejapan launch masaharu kono called it very regrettable, sayin>>> south public lined up against it. koreans aren't afraid to take to the streets to let their leaders know how they feel this time they are a opposition rallying against a ct. n test fired the missileal they claim was a satellite carrying rocket. but many south koreans aren't happy with it. they say the president's administration e administration is it is rushing its signing by hiding it from the public. we >> repor mihan an the most a top l

it's going to be tracking towards taiwan and also the southwestern islands of japan. so you can see how far this system is. but it is a big system. already the outer bands are affecting the okinawan islands from where the video came out from. the wind gusts are 144 kph as of now picking up those high waves around the coastal areas. around 9 meters high. in and around the southeastern islands of okinawa as well. overnight hours and into tomorrow morning, the high tides could be as much as 1.3 meters higher than the normal sea level. and plus that, 9 meters of high waves could be very dangerous. stay away from those coastal areas. in the next couple of days it looks like it's going to be intensifying into a very strong typhoon status as it approaches taiwan. this is a very heavy rainmaker as you can see. the cumulation could be as much as 300 millimeters in some areas in localized areas could be even more in the next 72. in the western seaports of the philippines as well where already this storm has targeted and battered the region with flooding conditions, coastal -- t

fishing crews from japan, china and taiwan catch glass eels in the east china sea.apanese fisheries authorities hope they can draw up a formal framework for their agreement by september. >>> cancer care is much more about treatments than medicine. paying attention to food is also key. the disease causes some patients to lose their appetite and prevents others from eating certain things. medical professionals in japan are trying to remedy that problem. they've called on someone who knows his way around a kitchen to design a more palatable menu. nhk world's misato ishikawa has the story. >> reporter: this hospital in chiba city, tokyo, specializes in treating cancer. one of its challenges is to tackle patient loss of appetite during the hot summer. they also strive to provide proper nutrition. a local npo asked the chef to design dishes to stimulate the appetite. here are their creations made of vegetables. this tomato salve was designed for patients taking anti-cancer drugs or radiation therapy. the treatment can damage their saliva glands and make it difficult to sw

but china and taiwan claim the islands as their own. i ask the pilot about the sdf's competing missions when it comes to dealing with china. >> translator: i think we need to share information because we have a common interest in fighting piracy activities. >> reporter: this list shows the schedule of escort activities. the sdf coordinates with china, india and other countries in taking turns to protect ships in the area. >> translator: we share information with the militaries of china, india and the u.s. i believe that protecting japan-related ships in this area will contribute to safeguarding the japanese economy. >> reporter: china has had delicate relations with countries such as japan and india. they are at odds over territorial claims and other issues. but off the coast of africa, those countries are putting those differences aside to fight a common threat of piracy and protect civilian ships. >> nhk world's toru nakai is back in tokyo. he came by the studio to give us her insight into his report on the gulf of aden. here's his co

which countries the largest export market for taiwan and south korea it's china in there and if you look at exports from korea and taiwan all for out year only year so that is quite reliable you look at electricity production in china that's up one percent a year on the year and so force and so on so those statistics would actually suggest that the chinese economy is much weaker than what the official statistics just it doesn't mean that the whole charities grows the model will collapse and kylee but i'd like to mention one area where we still have a one party system and we have an incredible level of corruption and that could lead to social on race at some point by the way we can have social unrest anywhere in the world given the high unemployment got we are facing in most countries but that could derail growth in china for a while i and then we have your political problems coming up the south china sea and so forth so many things that could grow wrong i want to get in or before we go because you're talking about a few statistics indicating a slowdown i want to see how it fits into your

the birds have a 4-0 leay for t taiwan. struck out a personal best 13. orioles all over the a's, 6-1. >>> today was an offday for the redskins. camp resumes tomorrow, which goes through friday. fan appreciation day scheduled for saturday at noon. alexander asked to move from outside to inside linebacker with no clear cut backup for fletcher. he made the move and shed weight to make himself quicker. the team plans to use him at full back and tight end. he's dropped 21 pounds since last season, playing weight 244. the latest his tipped the scales since 8th grade. >> any time you go from 265 to 245, 20 pounds you don't have to carry around, of course you'll last longer. helped me running with guys like fred davis, and vonn, those guys can fly. i had to lose that to keep up with them. >> lorenzo is a warrior, the way he plays on special teams, on defense, the way he prepares himself. whatever you ask him to do, he'll do. he's in excellent shape. i like his weight. i like the way he's played through the otas, transitioning to the inside linebacker position. >

i means that's luge for the chinese golf in china and taiwan. so we're all very excited about that. >> rose: so you are excited to be in the olympics. >> i am very excited. >> rose: what other goals do you have in life? >> i was anying in the future i wants to have golfing in china and to help more kids because i love little kids so much. but i don't know how to play with them but i love them. so i wish in the future i can help more people, playing golf or like go study and dot things that they can do. >> rose: do you play an aggressive game? >> i am very aggressive. >> rose: i know. what we call a leading question. >> yeah. so i mean i always learning from mistake. >> rose: . >> i mean i always very aggressive. i think it's more fun. more fun to play. in the par 5 you can reach. if you are in the water. >> rose: if you can reach it in 2, reach it in 2. >> yeah, why you want to layup? >> rose: so that's why. >> never lay up when you can go for it, is that you what say. >> yes. >> rose: never lay up if you can go for it. >> yes. >> rose: take out

now the beacon also just happens to denounce and lawmakers who oppose military aid to taiwan and theyslander them as pro china activists delicious irony their right makes me wonder what other connections they might have but the point is it doesn't even matter really matter the content of their website is just so awful so poorly researched so misleading it's borderline libel really nobody needs to dig up ties to discredit the beacon they do a marvelous job of doing it themselves so it's just funny to me that all their fear mongering their name calling could very easily be applied to them as well i mean c'mon freebee can take a little look in the mirror so first screaming about alleged ties of people if they disagree with wall failing to disclose their own financial links to ensure that they cheer for the washington free beacon wins tonight's two time a war. forgotten time for our last break of the evening but when we come back and we gratian of this week fireside friday topic we'll have another dose of happy hour for you one group solution to bullying but have the victim came to drown

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i am the son of immigrants that came from taiwan, a look at asian heritage month as a way to celebrate happy accomplishments of our parents and the bright future that our kids have. this is a story i tell my kids frequently. she came here with no college education. during her first week, she was visiting the gross restore in the maze of all the things you can buy the grocery store. she came across a can that have a picture -- had a picture of a drumstick. she thought, amazing. you can buy chicken in a can. she opened it up and discovered it was crisco. [laughter] and it just shows how far we have come home and how far -- how much i owe to my mom and my dad. it is a great time to remind all of us that our success is dependent on our parents and grandparents. i am from minneapolis, have been here for two days and i was told it is always sunny and 75. i will be back soon. i am a director for merchandising at target. i am part of the team that pulls together what you see on the shelf, is a fun job. i have a sponsor for the asian business council. we have about 1500 team members that are of

. >>> there's a consumer alert about a specific type of candy from taiwan.old plum kaecandy containing dangerous levels of -- the department of public health is working with the distributor to get those products off store shelves. >> these are candies that are imported from taiwan, they have excess levels of lead in the products. >> the candy is sold in asian and ethnic markets, but if you have some at home, health officials say throew away immediately. >>> and what's behind the deadliest day in iraq in more than two years. and then, wiped away, unprecedented sanctions against the football program in the wake of the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal. >>> and for the first time we're getting a look at that masked gunman in a courtroom in colorado. his detached demeanor in court and whether he may be facing the death penalty. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day, you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty second