What is Healthcare in Italy?
[[File:Policlinico ingresso cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Policlinico Umberto I]] in [[Rome]]]][[File:Ospedale Niguarda 0461.JPG|thumb|[[Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda]] in [[Milan]]]] '''Italy's healthcare system''' is one of the best in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html |title=The World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems |publisher=Photius.com |access-date=2015-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-03-20|title=Italy’s Struggling Economy Has World’s Healthiest People|language=en|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-20/italy-s-struggling-economy-has-world-s-healthiest-people|access-date=2020-12-09}}</ref> The Italian healthcare system employs a [[William Beveridge|Beveridge]] model. The [[principle]] is that health care is a [[Human rights|human right]] that should be provided to everyone regardless of their ability to pay.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Butticè |first=Claudio |url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/universal-health-care-9781440868443/ |title=Universal health care |date=2019 |publisher=Greenwood |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-4408-6844-3 |series=Health and medical issues today |location=Santa Barbara, California}}</ref> [[Life expectancy]] is the 4th highest among [[OECD]] countries (83.4 years in 2018<ref>{{Cite web|title=Health status - Life expectancy at birth - OECD Data|url=http://data.oecd.org/healthstat/life-expectancy-at-birth.htm|access-date=2020-12-09|website=theOECD|language=en}}</ref>) and the world's 8th highest according to the [[World Health Organization|WHO]] (82.8 years in 2018<ref>{{Cite web|title=Life Expectancy in Italy|url=https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/italy-life-expectancy|access-date=2020-12-09|website=World Life Expectancy|language=en}}</ref>). [[Healthcare]] spending accounted for 9.7% of [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Total health expenditure as share of GDP in Italy from 2005 to 2020|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/788691/share-of-gdp-on-health-expenditur