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by Retric 3994 days ago
Universal is all people. (x axis) Total as in covering all conditions. (y axis)

"Universal health care is not a one-size-fits-all concept and does not imply coverage for all people for everything." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_health_care Note from that page: "The Swiss Healthcare system and US Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are based on compulsory insurance."

PS: Hospitals are required to treat some life threating heath conditions like gunshot wounds without asking about payment. So, that also counts as a limited (some conditions) form of universal (all people) heath care.

Arguably, free speech would be universal but not total as there are limits on nonpolitical speech.

Edit: IMO, the implementation was terrible, but it's still a huge improvement.