Taiwan does indeed have world class health care despite having an exceedingly low tax rate by western standards.
But lets not overlook the elephant in the room.
Taiwan is an island full of thin people who eat rice or noodles at almost every meal. Millions of people still shop primarily at traditional markets and millions of others follow Buddhist diets that would be mocked by western "diet hackers". Only in the past generation has it really begun adopting, and suffering the effects of, western eating habits.
If Taiwanese people ate like Americans and drove everywhere, their health care system would have become bankrupt years ago.
But lets not overlook the elephant in the room.
Taiwan is an island full of thin people who eat rice or noodles at almost every meal. Millions of people still shop primarily at traditional markets and millions of others follow Buddhist diets that would be mocked by western "diet hackers". Only in the past generation has it really begun adopting, and suffering the effects of, western eating habits.
If Taiwanese people ate like Americans and drove everywhere, their health care system would have become bankrupt years ago.