claim: "of the 25 wealthiest nations, we're the only one that doesn't provide basic health coverage."
author: dan gecker
evidence_1: oct 25, 2016 ... as important as these discussions have been for providing the american ... in the  health policy arena, they were also significant for the option they ignored – the ...  the united states remains one of the only advanced industrialized ... country  doesn't “have a comprehensive national health insurance system ...
evidence_2: jun 28, 2017 ... more specifically, when we look at the top 33 major industrialized and ... not only  that, but one can keep going down the list of countries by ... costs are covered, it  is about providing at least basic health services and .... 25, slovenia ... dan  gecker says u.s. only wealthy nation without universal health care ...
evidence_3: jun 29, 2015 ... we are the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all ...  care act outside the u.s. supreme court in washington, june 25, 2015. ... to  health care for all, without discrimination, as a basic human right." ... among the  wealthy oecd nations, america stands out as the only one that ...
evidence_4: may 13, 2016 ... in the united states, healthcare has been one of the biggest political battles ...  and what all too often gets lost in these scuffles are the people most in need. ... of  the 25 wealthiest nations in the world, the united states is the only one that ...  fund universal healthcare — we just aren't getting any the benefits.
evidence_5: jun 28, 2012 ... the only developed outliers are a few still-troubled balkan states, the soviet-style  autocracy of belarus, and the u.s. of a., the richest nation in the world. ... a  number of countries have attempted universal health care but failed, ... where the  government spends way more on health care per person than do ...