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What I saw on the list, referenced July 15, 2023, says that all people in US are required to have health care. HA! Not universal and grossly unfair. Mitt Romney put something like the current ACA (AKA Obamacare) in his state as governor. California is trying to put through universal health care for
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At the moment (April 3, 2024) Estonia does not have universal healthcare ("universal access" to paid services does not qualify as universal healthcare probably?) but they are working on it. By latest information (source: Ministry of Social
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I quibble, perhaps, but researching this, discover that in
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I think the current list can be justified if it's made clear that the term "universal health care" is treated as a purely legal issue, unrelated to actual treatment practices or results. All the countries on the list probably do offer "Government-guaranteed health care". On the other hand,
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Is it safe to assume that somebody inserted the description of
Vermont's Act 48 but inserted it in the wrong place, above a line that was about the ACA? Given Vermont's population, it seems unlikely that Act 48 would result in 30 million people gaining access to health insurance...
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That makes sense to me. Why should the US be listed in this article?
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