Many Western, industrialized nations provide health insurance. The US has repeatedly balked at universal coverage. So what kind of system are we left with? A very unpopular one.
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Top contributors
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Stauffer-Dunning Fellow in Global Public Policy and Adjunct Professor at the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Adjunct Professor of Health Policy and Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Stauffer-Dunning Chair and Executive Director, Queen's School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Health Services and Policy Research, Queen's University, Ontario
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Acting Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Associate Professor of Public Health, The Ohio State University
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Laurent Chambaud is a Friend of The Conversation.
Médecin de santé publique, École des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP)