What does this mean? In particular, what does "universal" mean?
It means that each person in the country would, if ey got sick, be able to receive affordable treatment. This is true in, for example, Great Britain, where the NHS pays for people's medical care regardless of their wealth. It is not true in the United States, where people who cannot afford health insurance and do not have it provided by their employer go without needed treatments because they can't afford them.
ETA: does someone think this definition is wrong? What's another definition I'm missing?
How different are the ways a society would treat citizens and various other people not covered by a system, such as Americans? What about tourists?
Isn't it true that Great Britain could provide better medical care if it diverted resources currently spent elsewhere? How are any other government expenditures and fungible things (like autonomy) ever justified if health could be improved with more of a focus on it?
Do you primarily value a right to medical care, or instead optimal health outcomes?
An intuition pump: What if a genie offered to, for free, provide...
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