Universal health care needs to be funded. If your country elects politicians who underfund health care, then you should expect negative consequences on the system.
Or, you could privatize your healthcare like the US, and pay multiple times more than the amount you've saved on your tax bill.
And, expensive privatized health care does not mean better health outcomes; e.g., the US has worse infant mortality than either New Zealand (a sibling comment) or Canada (or most of Eastern Europe / all of Western Europe).
That's not a great metric for comparison of the healthcare systems. Outcomes for specific procedures or conditions would be more fitting. Many cultural and societal factors, even population genetics and the number of babies born in a year, influence infant mortality.
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Universal health care needs to be funded. If your country elects politicians who underfund health care, then you should expect negative consequences on the system.
Or, you could privatize your healthcare like the US, and pay multiple times more than the amount you've saved on your tax bill.
And, expensive privatized health care does not mean better health outcomes; e.g., the US has worse infant mortality than either New Zealand (a sibling comment) or Canada (or most of Eastern Europe / all of Western Europe).
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/infant-mortalit...
That's not a great metric for comparison of the healthcare systems. Outcomes for specific procedures or conditions would be more fitting. Many cultural and societal factors, even population genetics and the number of babies born in a year, influence infant mortality.