A List of Countries with Universal Healthcare and/or College

Free college? Universal Healthcare? How on earth can we afford that?”

Is this really an impossible feat? Is it actually unrealistic to assume that tax dollars can be used to cover peoples’ medical expenses and education? 

Well, lucky for you, I’m here to provide a list of countries that provide free college and universal healthcare, and see if this is really an “impossible” standard, or if it is something that can be accomplished with relative ease.

List of Countries with Universal Healthcare

1. Norway

2. New Zealand

3. Japan

4. Germany

5. Belgium

6. United Kingdom

7. Kuwait

8. Sweden

9. Bahrain

10. Brunei

11. Canada

12. Netherlands

13. Austria

14. United Arab Emirates

15. Finland

16. Slovenia

17. Denmark

18. Luxembourg

19. France

20. Australia

21. Ireland

22. Italy

23. Portugal

24. Cyprus

25. Greece

26. Spain

27. South Korea

28. Iceland

29. Hong Kong

30. Singapore

31. Switzerland

32. Israel (Who we give $60 Billion to annually)

List of Countries with Free College Tuition

1. Argentina

2. Austria

3. Brazil

4. Czech Republic

5. Denmark

6. Egypt

7. Finland

8. France

9. Germany

10. Greece

11. Iceland

12. Kenya

13. Luxembourg

14. Malaysia

15. Morocco

16. Norway

17. Panama

18. Poland

19. Scotland

20. Slovenia

21. Spain

22. Sweden

23. Turkey

24. Uruguay

And just to throw in a little bit of extra evidence that this will work, let’s look at the economic situations of the countries that have both Universal Healthcare and College.  

According to the Heritage Foundation, a right wing think tank, Austria is ranked 17th among 44 countries in Europe, and it’s overall score is ABOVE regional and world averages. Denmark is ranked 6th, Finland is ranked 15th, France receives a slightly lower rank at 34th. Germany brings it back to a strong rank of 14th, while Greece has the 17th largest economy in the European Union (out of 28) according to Wikipedia. Norway is ranked 12thaccording to the Heritage Foundation, Spain is ranked 30th out of 44, and lastly Sweden ranks at 8th.

Again, every country mentioned in the above paragraph has both Universal Healthcare and Universal College. Notice how only TWO of those countries are in the bottom 50% of economic prosperity, with the rest being in the top 62%. Now, with that being said, here’s a study with some good ole’ fashioned charts to show how much money the United States spends on the military in comparison to the top 10 other countries with the biggest military budgets. Go ahead and read that and then start to ask yourself some questions about what we can and can’t afford as a nation. 

So, if anyone every says “We can’t afford it/You run out of other peoples’ money/Single payer will NEVER COME TO PASS (I see you Hillary Clinton)”, just send them to this article I wrote, and if they STILL deny these facts, then feel free to ask them how much glue they ate as a child or how much Tekashi 6ix9ine they listen to. The answer to both questions is most likely “A LOT.”