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'''Universal health care''' (UHC) is any system in which every citizen of a country has access to affordable health care <ref>http://www.amsa.org/uhc/</ref>. This could refer to several different types of health care systems, including [[single payer]] [[health insurance]] or [[health savings accounts]].

'''Universal health care''' (UHC) is can refer to several different types of health care systems, including [[single payer]] [[health insurance]] or [[health savings accounts]].

While [[socialized medicine]] is often used synonymously for universal health care, this is incorrect <ref>Chua, Kao-Ping. ''Framing Universal Health Care'' [http://www.amsa.org/uhc/FramingUniversalHealthCare.pdf]</ref>. Socialized medicine could be a form of universal health care, but UHC itself is an umbrella term which includes any form of universally affordable health care.

While [[socialized medicine]] is often used synonymously for universal health care, this is incorrect <ref>Chua, Kao-Ping. ''Framing Universal Health Care'' [http://www.amsa.org/uhc/FramingUniversalHealthCare.pdf]</ref>. Socialized medicine could be a form of universal health care, but UHC itself is an umbrella term which includes any form of universally affordable health care.

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==