Something a lot of countries use to seem more "progressive" than they are. Something neolibs use to say "we don't need a nationalized health system, just look at how Germany does it!" (this chart says Germany is both, but it's not).
It means the national healthcare system doesn't cover everyone. I think for most of the map that means there are public and private options. Or maybe the system only covers people at a certain income level.
Like I think in Vietnam there's only government sponsored healthcare for ethnic minorities and the extremely poor. Everyone else has a private, subsidized health insurance plan. So while healthcare can be free, it's not universal.
Honestly I think this map is a little misleading because of that, because the USA does have programs like this. Medicare and the VA are free, but not universal. And a lot of these countries simply have a public option that may not cover all types of illnesses. Like Japan is there in green as "free and universal" but the way it works there is a 70/30 split where the state pays the majority of the cost and all citizens are legally obligated to buy into a private health insurance plan.
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Something a lot of countries use to seem more "progressive" than they are. Something neolibs use to say "we don't need a nationalized health system, just look at how Germany does it!" (this chart says Germany is both, but it's not).
It means the national healthcare system doesn't cover everyone. I think for most of the map that means there are public and private options. Or maybe the system only covers people at a certain income level.
Like I think in Vietnam there's only government sponsored healthcare for ethnic minorities and the extremely poor. Everyone else has a private, subsidized health insurance plan. So while healthcare can be free, it's not universal.
Honestly I think this map is a little misleading because of that, because the USA does have programs like this. Medicare and the VA are free, but not universal. And a lot of these countries simply have a public option that may not cover all types of illnesses. Like Japan is there in green as "free and universal" but the way it works there is a 70/30 split where the state pays the majority of the cost and all citizens are legally obligated to buy into a private health insurance plan.
This map could be done better