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'''Universal healthcare''' is a healthcare system where all residents of a country have access to health care. The United Nations is working towards global universal healthcare by 2030.<ref>{{News citation|date=2021-04-01|title=Universal health coverage (UHC)|url=https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/universal-health-coverage-(uhc)|newspaper=World Health Organization|retrieved=2022-03-12}}</ref> The [[United States of America|United States]] is the only [[Global North and South|Global North]] country that does not have universal healthcare,<ref>{{News citation|date=2004-01-14|title=Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations|newspaper=Institute of Medicine of the National Academies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818031109/http://www.iom.edu/?id=17848|archive-date=2007-08-18}}</ref> despite the fact that 63% of its population supports it.<ref>{{News citation|author=Bradley Jones|newspaper=Pew Research Center|title=Increasing share of Americans favor a single government program to provide health care coverage|date=2020-09-29|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/29/increasing-share-of-americans-favor-a-single-government-program-to-provide-health-care-coverage/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323201951/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/29/increasing-share-of-americans-favor-a-single-government-program-to-provide-health-care-coverage/|archive-date=2022-03-23|retrieved=2022-05-01}}</ref> | '''Universal healthcare''' is a healthcare system where all residents of a country have access to health care. The United Nations is working towards global universal healthcare by 2030.<ref>{{News citation|date=2021-04-01|title=Universal health coverage (UHC)|url=https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/universal-health-coverage-(uhc)|newspaper=World Health Organization|retrieved=2022-03-12}}</ref> The [[United States of America|United States]] is the only [[Global North and South|Global North]] country that does not have universal healthcare,<ref>{{News citation|date=2004-01-14|title=Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations|newspaper=Institute of Medicine of the National Academies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818031109/http://www.iom.edu/?id=17848|archive-date=2007-08-18}}</ref> despite the fact that 63% of its population supports it.<ref>{{News citation|author=Bradley Jones|newspaper=Pew Research Center|title=Increasing share of Americans favor a single government program to provide health care coverage|date=2020-09-29|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/29/increasing-share-of-americans-favor-a-single-government-program-to-provide-health-care-coverage/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323201951/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/29/increasing-share-of-americans-favor-a-single-government-program-to-provide-health-care-coverage/|archive-date=2022-03-23|retrieved=2022-05-01}}</ref> | ||
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Universal healthcare is a healthcare system where all residents of a country have access to health care. The United Nations is working towards global universal healthcare by 2030.[1] The United States is the only Global North country that does not have universal healthcare,[2] despite the fact that 63% of its population supports it.[3]
References
- ↑ "Universal health coverage (UHC)" (2021-04-01). World Health Organization. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ↑ Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations (2004-01-14). Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Archived from the original on 2007-08-18.
- ↑ Bradley Jones (2020-09-29). "Increasing share of Americans favor a single government program to provide health care coverage" Pew Research Center. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-05-01.