Talk:Universal health care by country

needs a Map

this article is in terrible need of a colour coded map. Roidroid (talk) 09:27, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

added. The map was revised from the previous version. Please take a look and add comments here: [1]. --KarlB (talk) 21:58, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

There is no map any longer, and yes it's desperately needed. 2601:80:C67F:FB70:857D:B686:8DF7:180A (talk) 06:57, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

United States

The name of this article is "List of countries with universal health care". The section on the USA starts with "The United States does not have a universal health care system." Should we therefore remove it from this list? Tompw (talk) 16:57, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

That makes sense to me. Why should the US be listed in this article? Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 04:27, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Agree completely. And yet, here it still is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jriley555 (talk • contribs) 21:49, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

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 everyone, immigrants, visitors, etc. And as goes California, so does the US (eventually). There are still too many people going bankrupt because of medical bills in this "greatest of all" nations. Megalodon50 (talk) 21:49, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

"In May 2011, the state of Vermont became the first state to pass legislation establishing a single-payer health care system. The legislation, known as Act 48, establishes health care in the state as a "human right" and lays the responsibility on the state to provide a health care system that meets the needs of the citizens of Vermont. The proposal was shelved not long after the main provisions of the law took effect in 2014.[140] A revised estimate in July 2012 by the CBO stated 30 million people would gain access to health insurance under the law.[141]"

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... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.14.76.26 (talk) 14:35, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Estonia is not actually universal coverage

I quibble, perhaps, but researching this, discover that in Estonia, to be eligible for treatment, you must register for work - making yourself available for employment training schemes and any job that is offered. If you don't work or are not registered to work, the hospital door remains firmly closed. This is not what I took 'universal healthcare' to mean, and I might feel misled even. Heck, I dunno, maybe we don't actually think it's a big deal, the matter of the very small percentage of the population who refuse to work or look for work. Or did I phrase that wrong -- because in Estonia, it's a big deal.DanLanglois (talk) 11:39, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

You are correct,Estonia has no universal health care, small number of those not eligible is enough to prove this fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.131.85.46 (talk) 08:56, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

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 Affairs) about 90 000 people in Estonia (about 6.5 per cent of population) do not have health insurance. It does not depend on whether or not a person is actually working but in some cases may depend on whether "social tax" minimum is met. (33 percent of income or about 2600 euros per year.) And the registered unemployed do have health insurance.

A link for a study, there's a good summary (the study is in Estonian but translating stuff is pretty easy nowadays):

https://www.praxis.ee/tood/ravikindlustuskaitse-uuring/ Nebula12 (talk) 03:44, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Universal Healthcare in Estonia - questionable as well

I disagree with the statement that there is Universal Healthcare in Estonia. Health insurance only applies to those who pay social tax, as well as to children and pensioners. Homeless people and long-term unemployed do not have health insurance coverage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.131.85.46 (talk) 19:52, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Need a table

Could this list be presented in a structured linked data format. For example, adding number of people covered by it, linked to population data Jack Nunn Jacknunn ([[2]]) 00:52, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Health care systems by country has such a table at the moment. It would probably be a better fit for this article. Ornilnas (talk) 15:52, 3 March 2024 (UTC)