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! Year !! Event type !! Details !!  Present time system type (when aplicable)!! Country
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| 1883 || || The world's first national {{w|social health insurance}} system originates in {{w|Germany}} with {{w|Otto Von Bismarck}}'s Sickness Insurance Law, starting to implement compulsory sickness insurance program for workers.<ref name="Historical Foundation of Universal Healthcare"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Bismarck and Beyond: the Beginnings of Social Health Insurance in Germany|url=https://finngoldner.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/bismarck-and-beyond-the-beginnings-of-social-health-insurance-in-germany/|website=wordpress.com|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="Leichter 1979">{{cite book|last=Leichter|first=Howard M.|year=1979|title=A comparative approach to policy analysis: health care policy in four nations|location=Cambridge|publisher= {{w|Cambridge University Press}}|page=<span class="plainlinks">[https://books.google.com/books?id=cfI6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA121 121]</span>|isbn=0-521-22648-1|quote=The Sickness Insurance Law (1883). Eligibility. The Sickness Insurance Law came into effect in December 1884. It provided for compulsory participation by all industrial wage earners (i.e., manual laborers) in factories, ironworks, mines, shipbuilding yards, and similar workplaces.}}</ref><ref name="Hennock 2007">{{cite book|last=Hennock|first=Ernest Peter|year=2007|title=The origin of the welfare state in England and Germany, 1850–1914: social policies compared|location=Cambridge|publisher= {{w|Cambridge University Press}} |page=<span class="plainlinks">[https://books.google.com/books?id=6QysFcGNcBUC&pg=PA157 157]</span>|isbn=978-0-521-59212-3}}</ref> || || {{w|Germany}}
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| 1891 || || Healthcare begins taking effect in Sweden as a form of labor subsidized mutual benefit.<ref name="Historical Foundation of Universal Healthcare"/> || || {{w|Sweden}}
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| 1892 || || Healthcare begins taking effect in Denmark.<ref name="Historical Foundation of Universal Healthcare"/> || || {{w|Denmark}}
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| 1910 || || Healthcare begins taking effect in France.<ref name="Historical Foundation of Universal Healthcare"/> || || {{w|France}}
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| 1912 || || Healthcare begins taking effect in Switzerland.<ref name="Historical Foundation of Universal Healthcare"/> || ||{{w|Switzerland}}
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| 1912 || Policy || Norway becomes the first country to adopt a universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Norway}}
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| 1938 || Policy || {{w|Japan}} achieves {{w|universal healthcare}}. The National Health Insurance act is enacted, widening the coverage of public health insurance not only to farmers, but also to the general public not covered by the Health Insurance Law.<ref name="Social Security in Japan 2014">{{cite web|title=Social Security in Japan 2014|url=http://www.ipss.go.jp/s-info/e/ssj2014/004.html|website=ipss.go.jp|accessdate=19 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Japan}}
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| 1938 || Policy || New Zealand establishes universal healthcare.<ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Two Tier<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|New Zealand}}
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| 1941 || Policy || The {{w|Third Reich}} institutes a universal healthcare system. Free for widows and orphans, the benefits are enjoyed only by "racial comrades".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kitchen|first1=Martin|title=The Third Reich: Charisma and Community|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=X92sAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT170&lpg=PT170&dq=%22in+1941%22+%22germany%22+%22universal+healthcare%22&source=bl&ots=0r3ZxF4FCY&sig=WvH_80igrJNoIAWp7lIW4FNi-nU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5wfuM18bXAhWBDZAKHcIWAH8Q6AEINjAD#v=onepage&q=%22in%201941%22%20%22germany%22%20%22universal%20healthcare%22&f=false|accessdate=17 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Insurance Mandate<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Germany}}
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| 1945 || Policy || Belgium adopts universal healthcare policy, after introducing compulsory insurance.<ref>{{cite book|title=Two Centuries of Solidarity: German, Belgian, and Dutch Social Health Care Insurance 1770-2008|edition=Karel-Peter Companje, Karel Veraghtert, Brigitte Widdershoven|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=64U_dlAI6g0C&pg=PA360&lpg=PA360&dq=%22in+1945%22+%22belgium%22+%22healthcare%22&source=bl&ots=bPBtYPJbDr&sig=84v7jGMKwTZXu8X-_Nc8zgxxGAc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsrJ29iMbXAhVBGJAKHWJ6ApQQ6AEIMTAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201945%22%20%22belgium%22%20%22healthcare%22&f=false|accessdate=17 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Insurance Mandate<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Belgium}}
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| 1945 || || United States President {{w|Harry S. Truman}} proposes a national health insurance program. The Congress would not approve it.<ref>{{cite web|title=69 years ago, a president pitches his idea for national health care|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/november-19-1945-harry-truman-calls-national-health-insurance-program|website=pbs.org|accessdate=16 November 2017}}</ref> || || {{w|United States}}
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| 1948 (July 5) || || The {{w|National Health Service Act 1946}} is launched in England, creating the {{w|National Health Service}} (NHS) that would provide the majority of healthcare in the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Health Service Act 1946|url=http://navigator.health.org.uk/content/national-health-service-act-1946|website=health.org.uk|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Pharmaceutical Pricing, Reimbursement, and Prescribing in the United Kingdom|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=rL4bShwrGaYC&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=%22in+1948%22+%22united+kingdom%22+%22universal+healthcare%22&source=bl&ots=coCxu4SPDG&sig=s1eo9ypptFtTfnOqN-_BmYyaR60&hl=es-419&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsqujJ--HVAhWBFpAKHezICIcQ6AEILjAG#v=onepage&q=%22in%201948%22%20%22united%20kingdom%22%20%22universal%20healthcare%22&f=true|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1950 || Policy || Kuwait starts implementing free comprehensive healthcare to its citizens.<ref name="ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN AND ISLAMIC CULTURES">{{cite web|last1=Joseph|first1=Suad|title=ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN AND ISLAMIC CULTURES|url=http://sjoseph.ucdavis.edu/ewic-public-outreach-resources/ewic-outreach-resources/universal-healthcare-arab-gulf-countries|website=ucdavis.edu|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/><ref name="Where in the world can you get universal health care?"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Kuwait}}
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| 1954 || Policy || The government of {{w|North Vietnam}} establishes universal healthcare.<ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/><ref name="HEALTH CARE IN VIETNAM"/> || || {{w|Vietnam}}
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| 1955 || Policy || Sweden implements a universal healthcare system, nine year after the legislation was passed in 1946.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shafrin|first1=Jason|title=The Development of Universal Health Care in Sweden|url=http://healthcare-economist.com/2011/12/06/the-development-of-universal-health-care-in-sweden/|website=healthcare-economist.com|accessdate=17 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Sweden}}
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| 1955 || Policy || North Korea establishes universal healthcare.<ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || || {{w|North Korea}}
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| 1957 || Policy || Bahrain adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Bahrain}}
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| 1958 || Policy || Brunei achieves universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS">{{cite web|title=UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS|url=http://essay.utwente.nl/61439/1/BSc_C_de_Jong.pdf|website=utwente.nl|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Brunei}}
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| 1966 || Policy || Andorra adopts universal healthcare.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/> || || {{w|Andorra}}
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| 1966 || Policy || {{w|Universal healthcare}} is achieved in {{w|Canada}}, after the [[w:Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] approves a publicly-funded healthcare system under the principle that access to healthcare shouldn’t depend on location, income, or wealth.<ref>{{cite web|title=Give Canada Universal Drug Coverage!|url=https://www.change.org/p/government-of-canada-give-canada-universal-drug-coverage|website=change.org|accessdate=19 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Canada}}
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| 1966 || Policy || The Dutch Sickness Fund Act (Ziekenfondswet, ZFW) enters into force in the Netherlands, adding compulsory insurance for the whole  population to cover severe medical risks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Netherlands Health system review|url=http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/314404/HIT_Netherlands.pdf|website=who.int|accessdate=17 November 2017}}</ref> This is the year the Netherlands is considered having adopted universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Two Tier<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Netherlands}}
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| 1967 || Policy || Austria adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Insurance Mandate<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Austria}}
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| 1970 || Policy || Comprehensive healthcare begins in Oman.<ref name="ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN AND ISLAMIC CULTURES"/> || || {{w|Oman}}
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| 1971 || Policy || The United Arab Emirates adopt universal healthcare.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|United Arab Emirates}}
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| 1972 || Policy || Finland adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Finland}}
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| 1972 || Policy || Slovenia establishes universal healthcare.<ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> ||{{w|Slovenia}}
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| 1973 || Policy || Denmark adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Two Tier || {{w|Denmark}}
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| 1973 || Policy || Luxemburg adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Insurance Mandate<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Luxembourg}}
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| 1974 || Policy || France adopts universal healthcare policy after law proclaims that the French National Health Insurance should be universal.<ref name="The Health Care System Under French National Health Insurance: Lessons for Health Reform in the United States">{{cite journal|last1=Rodwin|first1=Victor G.|title=The Health Care System Under French National Health Insurance: Lessons for Health Reform in the United States|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447687/|accessdate=17 November 2017|pmc=1447687}}</ref><ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Two Tier<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> ||{{w|France}}
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| 1975 || Policy || Australia adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Two Tier<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Australia}}
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| 1975 || Policy || Algeria establishes universal healthcare.<ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care">{{cite web|title=Countries With Universal Health Care|url=http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-with-universal-health-care.html|website=worldatlas.com|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref> || || {{w|Algeria}}
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| 1976 || Policy || After reunification of {{w|Vietnam}}, the universal healthcare system is extended to the [[w:South Vietnam|South]].<ref name="HEALTH CARE IN VIETNAM">{{cite web|title=HEALTH CARE IN VIETNAM|url=http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Vietnam/sub5_9f/entry-3461.html|website=factsanddetails.com|accessdate=17 November 2017}}</ref> || || {{w|Vietnam}}
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| 1977 || Policy || Ireland adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Two Tier<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Ireland}}
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| 1977 || Policy || South Korea passes law mandating health insurance for industrial workers.<ref name="Where in the world can you get universal health care?"/> || || {{w|South Korea}}
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| 1978 || Policy || Italy adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Italy}}
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| 1979 || Policy || {{w|Portugal}}'s National Healthcare Service, known nationally as Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS) starts providing universal free healthcare nationwide.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Portugal}}
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| 1980 || Policy || Cyprus adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Cyprus}}
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| 1983 || Policy || Greece adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Insurance Mandate<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Greece}}
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| 1986 || Policy || Spain adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Spain}}
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| 1988 || Policy || South Korea adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Insurance Mandate || {{w|South Korea}}
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| 1988 || Policy || Brazil establishes the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde), an approach to having free healthcare for all, a constitutional right.<ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/><ref name="Where in the world can you get universal health care?"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Brazil and its Struggle to Universal Healthcare|url=http://wordpress.clarku.edu/id125-publichealth/2016/11/17/brazil-and-its-struggle-to-universal-healthcare/|website=clarku.edu|accessdate=16 November 2017}}</ref> || || {{w|Brazil}}
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| 1990 || Policy || Iceland adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Single Payer<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Iceland}}
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| 1991 || Policy || Colombia establishes the right to healthcare within its constitution.<ref name="Universal Healthcare on the rise in Latin America">{{cite web|title=Universal Healthcare on the rise in Latin America|url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/02/14/universal-healthcare-latin-america|website=worldbank.org|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref> || || {{w|Colombia}}
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| 1993 || Policy || Hong Kong adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Two Tier<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Hong Kong}}
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| 1993 || Policy || Colombia establishes universal healthcare.<ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || || {{w|Colombia}}
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| 1993 || Policy || Singapore adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Two Tier<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Singapore}}
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| 1994 || Policy || Switzerland adopts universal healthcare policy.<ref name="UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Insurance Mandate<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Switzerland}}
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| 1994 || Policy || Moldova begins a mandatory health insurance program with the aim of providing the entire population with basic healthcare. Today, people who are unemployed or not working are insured by the government, while employed Moldovans chip in a portion of their income through a payroll tax or a flat-rate contribution.<ref name="Universal health insurance coverage for 1.3 billion people: What accounts for China's success?">{{cite web|title=Universal health insurance coverage for 1.3 billion people: What accounts for China's success?|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851015001864|website=sciencedirect.com|accessdate=16 November 2017}}</ref> || || {{w|Moldova}}
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| 1995 || Policy || Israel passes National Health Insurance Law, setting out a system of universal healthcare.<ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || Two Tier<ref name='Universal Coverage Is Not "Single Payer" Healthcare'/> || {{w|Israel}}
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| 1995 || Policy || {{w|Taiwan}} institutes its National Health Insurance (NHI). || || {{w|Taiwan}}
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| 1999 || Program launch || Rwanda establishes a national health plan. Since then, healthcare insurance would extend to reach about 91% of the population, a greater percentage than the United States.<ref name="Universal health insurance coverage for 1.3 billion people: What accounts for China's success?"/><ref name="Where in the world can you get universal health care?">{{cite web|title=Where in the world can you get universal health care?|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/28/health/countries-health-care/index.html|website=cnn.com|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref> || || {{w|Rwanda}}
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| 1999 || Policy || Venezuela establishes universal healthcare.<ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || || {{w|Venezuela}}
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| 2000 || Recognition || The French healthcare system is ranked N° 1 by the {{w|World Health Organization}}.<ref name="The Health Care System Under French National Health Insurance: Lessons for Health Reform in the United States"/> || || {{w|France}}
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| 2002 || Policy || Thailand introduces the "30-bhat scheme" (Less than US$ 1 at the time), a plan aimed at extending health coverage to all citizens. About 14 million previously uninsured people are added to the Thai system with this plan. According to a WHO report, prescription drugs, hospitalizations and services like chemotherapy, surgery and emergency care are free to patients.<ref name="Universal health insurance coverage for 1.3 billion people: What accounts for China's success?"/><ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/><ref name="Where in the world can you get universal health care?"/> || || {{w|Thailand}}
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| 2005 || Policy || Chile establishes access aimed at all its citizens to a basic package guaranteeing treatments for up to 80 health problems, setting upper limits to waiting times and out-of-pocket payment for treatments.<ref name="Universal Healthcare on the rise in Latin America"/> || || {{w|Chile}}
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| 2009 (April 10) || Policy || The Government of Peru publishes the Law on Health Insurance to enable all citizens access to quality health services.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peru: Universal Health Insurance|url=http://www.loc.gov/law/foreign-news/article/peru-universal-health-insurance/|website=loc.gov|accessdate=16 November 2017}}</ref> || || {{w|Peru}}
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| 2011 || Policy || China achieves universal health insurance with more than 95% of its population insured. This represents the largest expansion of insurance coverage in human history.<ref name="Universal health insurance coverage for 1.3 billion people: What accounts for China's success?"/> || || {{w|China}}
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| 2012 || Policy || Mexico establishes universal healthcare.<ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/><ref name="">{{cite web|title=Mexico achieves universal health coverage, enrolls 52.6 million people in less than a decade|url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/mexico-universal-health/|website=harvard.edu|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref> || || {{w|Mexico}}
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| 2014 || Policy || With the {{w|House of Representatives}}’s passage of the {{w|Democrats}}’ reform bill, the United States approaches universal health care, using an insurance mandate system.<ref name="List of Countries with Universal Healthcare">{{cite web|title=List of Countries with Universal Healthcare|url=https://coto2.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/list-of-countries-with-universal-healthcare/|website=wordpress.com|accessdate=17 November 2017}}</ref> || Insurance Mandate<ref name="List of Countries with Universal Healthcare"/> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2015 || Policy || All Qatari citizens and expatriates are expected to be covered by national health insurance.<ref name="ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN AND ISLAMIC CULTURES"/> || || {{w|Qatar}}
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| 2016 || Policy || Argentina establishes universal healthcare.<ref name="Countries With Universal Health Care"/> || || {{w|Argentina}}
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Latest revision as of 15:59, 24 July 2024

A timeline of universal healthcare, mainly focusing on its introduction in various states.

  • 1912: Norway
  • 1938: New Zealand
  • 1955: Sweden
  • 1955: North Korea
Year Event type Details Present time system type (when aplicable) Country
1883 The world's first national Template:W system originates in Template:W with Template:W's Sickness Insurance Law, starting to implement compulsory sickness insurance program for workers.[1][2][3][4] Template:W
1891 Healthcare begins taking effect in Sweden as a form of labor subsidized mutual benefit.[1] Template:W
1892 Healthcare begins taking effect in Denmark.[1] Template:W
1910 Healthcare begins taking effect in France.[1] Template:W
1912 Healthcare begins taking effect in Switzerland.[1] Template:W
1912 Policy Norway becomes the first country to adopt a universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1938 Policy Template:W achieves Template:W. The National Health Insurance act is enacted, widening the coverage of public health insurance not only to farmers, but also to the general public not covered by the Health Insurance Law.[8][6] Single payer[7] Template:W
1938 Policy New Zealand establishes universal healthcare.[6] Two Tier[7] Template:W
1941 Policy The Template:W institutes a universal healthcare system. Free for widows and orphans, the benefits are enjoyed only by "racial comrades".[9][6] Insurance Mandate[7] Template:W
1945 Policy Belgium adopts universal healthcare policy, after introducing compulsory insurance.[10][6] Insurance Mandate[7] Template:W
1945 United States President Template:W proposes a national health insurance program. The Congress would not approve it.[11] Template:W
1948 (July 5) The Template:W is launched in England, creating the Template:W (NHS) that would provide the majority of healthcare in the country.[12][13][6] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1950 Policy Kuwait starts implementing free comprehensive healthcare to its citizens.[14][6][15] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1954 Policy The government of Template:W establishes universal healthcare.[6][16] Template:W
1955 Policy Sweden implements a universal healthcare system, nine year after the legislation was passed in 1946.[17][5][6] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1955 Policy North Korea establishes universal healthcare.[6] Template:W
1957 Policy Bahrain adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1958 Policy Brunei achieves universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1966 Policy Andorra adopts universal healthcare.[5] Template:W
1966 Policy Template:W is achieved in Template:W, after the Parliament approves a publicly-funded healthcare system under the principle that access to healthcare shouldn’t depend on location, income, or wealth.[18][5][6] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1966 Policy The Dutch Sickness Fund Act (Ziekenfondswet, ZFW) enters into force in the Netherlands, adding compulsory insurance for the whole population to cover severe medical risks.[19] This is the year the Netherlands is considered having adopted universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Two Tier[7] Template:W
1967 Policy Austria adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Insurance Mandate[7] Template:W
1970 Policy Comprehensive healthcare begins in Oman.[14] Template:W
1971 Policy The United Arab Emirates adopt universal healthcare.[5][6] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1972 Policy Finland adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1972 Policy Slovenia establishes universal healthcare.[6] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1973 Policy Denmark adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Two Tier Template:W
1973 Policy Luxemburg adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Insurance Mandate[7] Template:W
1974 Policy France adopts universal healthcare policy after law proclaims that the French National Health Insurance should be universal.[20][5][6] Two Tier[7] Template:W
1975 Policy Australia adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Two Tier[7] Template:W
1975 Policy Algeria establishes universal healthcare.[6] Template:W
1976 Policy After reunification of Template:W, the universal healthcare system is extended to the South.[16] Template:W
1977 Policy Ireland adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Two Tier[7] Template:W
1977 Policy South Korea passes law mandating health insurance for industrial workers.[15] Template:W
1978 Policy Italy adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1979 Policy Template:W's National Healthcare Service, known nationally as Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS) starts providing universal free healthcare nationwide.[5][6] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1980 Policy Cyprus adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1983 Policy Greece adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Insurance Mandate[7] Template:W
1986 Policy Spain adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1988 Policy South Korea adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Insurance Mandate Template:W
1988 Policy Brazil establishes the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde), an approach to having free healthcare for all, a constitutional right.[6][15][21] Template:W
1990 Policy Iceland adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Single Payer[7] Template:W
1991 Policy Colombia establishes the right to healthcare within its constitution.[22] Template:W
1993 Policy Hong Kong adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Two Tier[7] Template:W
1993 Policy Colombia establishes universal healthcare.[6] Template:W
1993 Policy Singapore adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Two Tier[7] Template:W
1994 Policy Switzerland adopts universal healthcare policy.[5][6] Insurance Mandate[7] Template:W
1994 Policy Moldova begins a mandatory health insurance program with the aim of providing the entire population with basic healthcare. Today, people who are unemployed or not working are insured by the government, while employed Moldovans chip in a portion of their income through a payroll tax or a flat-rate contribution.[23] Template:W
1995 Policy Israel passes National Health Insurance Law, setting out a system of universal healthcare.[6] Two Tier[7] Template:W
1995 Policy Template:W institutes its National Health Insurance (NHI). Template:W
1999 Program launch Rwanda establishes a national health plan. Since then, healthcare insurance would extend to reach about 91% of the population, a greater percentage than the United States.[23][15] Template:W
1999 Policy Venezuela establishes universal healthcare.[6] Template:W
2000 Recognition The French healthcare system is ranked N° 1 by the Template:W.[20] Template:W
2002 Policy Thailand introduces the "30-bhat scheme" (Less than US$ 1 at the time), a plan aimed at extending health coverage to all citizens. About 14 million previously uninsured people are added to the Thai system with this plan. According to a WHO report, prescription drugs, hospitalizations and services like chemotherapy, surgery and emergency care are free to patients.[23][6][15] Template:W
2005 Policy Chile establishes access aimed at all its citizens to a basic package guaranteeing treatments for up to 80 health problems, setting upper limits to waiting times and out-of-pocket payment for treatments.[22] Template:W
2009 (April 10) Policy The Government of Peru publishes the Law on Health Insurance to enable all citizens access to quality health services.[24] Template:W
2011 Policy China achieves universal health insurance with more than 95% of its population insured. This represents the largest expansion of insurance coverage in human history.[23] Template:W
2012 Policy Mexico establishes universal healthcare.[6][25] Template:W
2014 Policy With the Template:W’s passage of the Template:W’ reform bill, the United States approaches universal health care, using an insurance mandate system.[26] Insurance Mandate[26] Template:W
2015 Policy All Qatari citizens and expatriates are expected to be covered by national health insurance.[14] Template:W
2016 Policy Argentina establishes universal healthcare.[6] Template:W
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