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'''Universal health care''' (UHC) can refer to several different types of health care systems, including [[single payer]] [[health insurance]] or [[health savings accounts]].
'''Universal health care''' (UHC) can refer to things in two distinct categories: (1) methods of paying for health care, such as [[health insurance]]; and (2) systems of providing patients with services, prescriptions, and the like. Some politicians blur the distinction.
The United States is the only country with an effective universal health care system. [[David Hogberg]] wrote:
:... everyone in the U.S. can get care regardless of income. In 1986 the [[U.S. Congress]] passed the [[Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act]]. This requires [[emergency room]]s to treat any person who shows up seeking medical treatment, regardless of their ability to pay. [http://www.freemarketcure.com/singlepayermyths.php] </ref>
Other countries have experimented various types of [[socialized medicine]], such as Canada, with inadequate results (lengthy waiting times). Cuba, often touted by fans of Communism (or socialism in general), has woefully inadequate health care.
In general, the more government control over health care, the worse it gets. The U.S. produces the most new drugs and techniques because the [[free market]] system provides incentives for innovation and efficiency.
There are several different ways of paying for health care, including private insurance, government-supplied insurance, [[single payer]] [[health insurance]] or [[health savings accounts]].
The United States has a mixture of public and private insurance programs. [http://city-journal.org/html/17_3_canadian_healthcare.html]
The United States has a mixture of public and private insurance programs. [http://city-journal.org/html/17_3_canadian_healthcare.html]
Additionally, some hospitals provide free care to those who cannot pay (i.e., they bill you, and if you don't pay they write off the debt).
Additionally, some hospitals provide free care to those who cannot pay (i.e., they bill you, and if you don't pay they write off the debt).
==Types of Universal health care==
==Types of Universal health care==