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Originally Posted by HuskyMan
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Why pick on England, every other developed nation in the world has some sort of publicly funded health care.
We even pay for publicly funded health care via war funding in two countries.
But not our own ????
Countries in blue have some type of universal health care.
Countries in green are currently attempting to implement some type of universal health care.
Orange countries have universal health coverage provided by United States war funding. Source.
Norway
1912 Single Payer New Zealand
1938 Two Tier Japan
1938 Single Payer Germany
1941 Insurance Mandate Belgium
1945 Insurance Mandate United Kingdom
1948 Single Payer Kuwait
1950 Single Payer Sweden
1955 Single Payer Bahrain
1957 Single Payer Brunei
1958 Single Payer Canada
1966 Single Payer Netherlands
1966 Two-Tier Austria
1967 Insurance Mandate United Arab Emirates
1971 Single Payer Finland
1972 Single Payer Slovenia
1972 Single Payer Denmark
1973 Two-Tier Luxembourg
1973 Insurance Mandate France
1974 Two-Tier Australia
1975 Two Tier Ireland
1977 Two-Tier Italy
1978 Single Payer Portugal
1979 Single Payer Cyprus
1980 Single Payer Greece
1983 Insurance Mandate Spain
1986 Single Payer South Korea
1988 Insurance Mandate Iceland
1990 Single Payer Hong Kong
1993 Two-Tier Singapore
1993 Two-Tier Switzerland
1994 Insurance Mandate Israel
1995 Two-Tier United States
2014 Insurance Mandate