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.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).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).