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That's rather pointed as there is only one first world country that does not have universal healthcare.
Sort of. A lot of us (countries) have some kind of public healthcare, but it's not really universal.
From experience in Australia: dental isn't included, physio is limited, out of pocket costs can be large for non-hospital visits because it's not a public system just a private subsidy model (mostly), wait times for "elective" surgery can be way, way longer on the public system because private health is permitted to exist and the public system is underfunded/understaffed.
What's worse is that private health cover is allowed to just cover the difference between public and private, meaning even if you go private, the public is still paying. Like, you wanna be private, fuck off and go be private then... (Talking to the private healthcare advocates, not the people. I have some level of private healthcare cover, even though I think it's a fucking stupid system)
List goes on.
It's WAY better than the US, but I refuse to call it universal.