India Wants to Give Half a Billion People Free Health Care
Giving free healthcare is a good step, but the important question is how good will it be and how much will be covered.<p>Brazil has 100% of its population (210M people) covered by free, single-payer, universal healthcare, resulting in a life expectancy of 75 years (US is 79, Japan and Switzerland with 83 IIRC).<p>But your experience can vary dramatically. It all depends on how much money is actually being put on it (in healthcare-costs-PPP-adjusted $/capita).