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Cake day: September 18th, 2025

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  • That’s good to know! So it’s there, but very spotty and inadequate in areas. Still better than nothing like in the US.

    I live in Canada where we have the “best” universal healthcare system in the world by some estimates (single payer, free universal healthcare as a right for all citizens), but we only got dental and pharmacy care added to our program last year. Since the 1960s until 2024 our universal healthcare system was the same “basics only” coverage for hospital and physician visits, and everything else was tied to private insurance. Vision care still isn’t covered.




  • Very interesting, what period of time was this? Because universal healthcare has rapidly developed in just the last 5-10 years. According to the WHO 95% of China now has basic health coverage, free of charge.

    (And yes there are going to be gaps in the system, there will be gaps in any rapidly-developing universal program)