Also: China has (near) universal health care. (https://www.internations.org/go/moving-to-china/healthcare#how-does-the-healthcare-system-work-in-china https://w

Also: China has (near) universal health care. (https://www.internations.org/go/moving-to-china/healthcare#how-does-the-healthcare-system-work-in-china https://www.internations.org/go/moving-to-china/healthcare#h..., https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851015001864 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016885101...) With universal health insurance, you're at the mercy of the government. If the government chooses not to cover your issue, or if the government tells you "you're not sick so stop telling people you are," that's too bad. The same thing happens in private insurance, to be sure (minus the "if you say bad things about us we'll put you in jail" part), since people get denied. With government run health care, you have fewer alternatives though. You can't try some other doctor to see if that one will work financially (since it's the same entity footing the bill ultimately). There's no alternate system or provider to go to (you can't do much to get better health coverage for next time).