Fair enough! I only knew about the UK for sure. It's ridiculous to consider a country that doesn't provide some basic level of healthcare and other safety nets to every citizen as part of the "First World".
On 5 November 2013 10:17, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/4/2013 1:06 PM, LizR wrote: > >> Surely someone has to drag the US (no doubt whingeing about how awful it >> is that the rich should provide the poor with even a rudimentary level of >> health care) into 1948 eventually? >> > > 1948? Hell, Bismarck brought universal healthcare to Germany in 1890. > > Brent > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

