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by ethbr1 559 days ago
All the countries listed here? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_systems_by_count...

It's easiest if you sort by decreasing coverage, then look at all the 100% coverage countries, which tend to be developed.

To summarize though, aside from single payer, mandatory public-private hybrid and private are also used.

And you should look into the numbers before making absolute statements.

The facts, in contrast to how you stated it:

- The US spends more per capita on healthcare than many (all?) other countries

- Of that, an average amount is out of pocket (relative to developed country peers)

- The US has some poor metrics, particularly in maternal mortality and lifestyle diseases, but is average on others (relative to developed country peers)

- Because of EMTALA [0], all Americans within range of a hospital (that accepts Medicaid) have access to emergency care, whether or not they're insured. The primary problem with access is the scarcity of rural doctors, especially generalists (an AMA/federal-government problem because of limits put in place in the 80s)

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_...