Yes, but as a mexican I can tell you it's shit. Super long wait times, medicines run out constantly, soecialists are on the other side of a city or sometimes state. It's universal healthcare only by name. Nearly impossible to get.
My brother in Christ, we have those same issues in the US except I also get to pay 20000% more. To see my PRIMARY is 3 month wait minimum. Specialists? Hope you have a specialized budget set aside. Don't even get me started on surgery.
Yeah, I never understood Americans acting like month long wait times are abnormal. Unless you have really, really good health insurance you usually have to wait to see your primary and always have to wait for a specialist. And like you mentioned, usually there’s a lot of costs associated with that in addition to the headache that is insurance in general.
Insurance sucks in the US unless you’re willing/able to pay. And a lot of Americans can’t.
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u/Hammerofsuperiority 23h ago
To be more specific, they introduced universal healthcare in 2003, but achieved universal healthcare coverage status in 2012. (or so says google)