Universal Health Care in The Willamette Week

Dr. Chunhuei Chi from the Universal Health Plan Governance Board was featured in the Willamette Week!

This Scholar Takes Oregon’s Universal Health Care Dreams Seriously. Should We?
An interview with Chunhuei Chi.

Read the full article here:
https://www.wweek.com/news/2026/05/20/this-scholar-takes-oregons-universal-health-care-dreams-seriously-should-we/

“When Chi, a veteran scholar of health care system finance, thinks about that politically freighted concept, a key point of reference is Taiwan. More than 30 years ago, on March 1, 1995, Taiwanese leaders hit the switch, activating a centralized administrative machine to provide universal health care benefits to the island’s 20 million-plus inhabitants.

Chi played a part in designing that machine. He had joined the project at the invitation of his doctoral adviser at Harvard, William Hsiao, who headed Phase 1 of the Taiwan project, which in time became the subject of global renown. In the decades since, over periodic summers and sabbaticals, Chi has returned to Taiwan to examine its National Health Insurance Administration further.”

We’re so glad that the WiIllamette Week has featured this issue!