Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Countries with Socialized Healthcare. Are they or were they Socialist?


A list of countries with socialized healthcare systems that are not socialist states, because some people can't tell the difference between socialized and socialist.


                                                                                                                      Socialist by             
Country                                               Type of Government                     Declaration or                                                     
                                                                                                                      Constitution       Formerly

New Zealand         Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy              No                     
United Kingdom   Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy              No                     
Sweden                 Unitary Parliamentary Representative Monarchy             No
Iceland                   Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Republic               No
Norway                   Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy             No
Denmark                Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy             No
Finland                   Parliamentary Republic                                                     No
Japan                      Unitary Parliamentary Democracy                                   No
Canada                   Federal Parliamentary Democracy                                   No
Australia                Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy            No
Italy                         Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Republic              No
Portugal                  Unitary Semi-Presidential Constitutional Republic       No                     Yes 
Greece                    Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Republic              No
Spain                      Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy             No
South Korea          Unitary Presidential Constitutional Republic                   No
Taiwan                    Unitary Semi-Presidential Constitutional Republic        No   
Israel                       Unitary Semi-Presidential Constitutional Republic        No
Austria                    Federal Parliamentary Republic                                       No
Belgium                  Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy            No
France                     Unitary Semi-Presidential Constitutional Republic       No
Germany                  Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Republic            No
Luxembourg            Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy          No
Netherlands            Unitary Parliamentary Representative Monarchy         No
Switzerland             Directorial Federal Republic                                            No