"Universal health care". In the U.S that's medicaid which is basically bandaid level healthcare, administered and delivered by minorities.
Self care is most often the best care.
I'm American, but I lived in New Zealand for 10 years in the 80s. 50% of the doctors and nurses were foreign, mostly Indian, Indonesia, or Philippines. You had to go to your 'local' family doctor to get a referral to a specialist, and there was a long wait time. I knew a guy that had a heart attack at 55. The ER did an angioplasty and sent him home after 3 days, told him he was on 'the list' to have open heart surgery to do a bypass. He died 18 months later, still on the list.
Sorry to hear about the guy that died waiting for bypass surgery. People think "free" healthcare is as accessible as U.S insurance/medicare. Whilst it's generally as good it can take a long time to obtain.
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