Kalmbob, fair points. I don't know how I got misquoted, but I didn't know this post was about universal healthcare. I'm actually all for universal healthcare. I'm just saying that peace and universal healthcare are much easier to pull off in smaller countries with homogenous citizenry.
Gryt...how is that Hogwash? I won't even dignify that with a list of statistics. You can spend 5 minutes on Google to determine that Iceland is VASTLY Caucasian and local born. The US is one of the most diverse countries on the planet...which is what I love about it. But we are also the richest, so there is no excuse for a mother in this country to have to hesitate to take her child to the doctor because she can't afford it. But, many of these small and well off nations with such high standards of living have strict immigration policies and keep to themselves.
Sorry...meant to say 1/1000th of our current population size. These countries that rank so highly on all of these indexes are the size of one of our cities. The population of Iceland is less than the population of Kansas City, Missouri. It's like comparing apples or oranges.
We, too, could rank like those countries if we had 1/10th of our current population size and a homogenous and closed off culture. With size and diversity comes adversity. But I would take diversity any day.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/02/09/icelanders-avoid-inbreeding-through-online-incest-database/
Gryt...how is that Hogwash? I won't even dignify that with a list of statistics. You can spend 5 minutes on Google to determine that Iceland is VASTLY Caucasian and local born. The US is one of the most diverse countries on the planet...which is what I love about it. But we are also the richest, so there is no excuse for a mother in this country to have to hesitate to take her child to the doctor because she can't afford it. But, many of these small and well off nations with such high standards of living have strict immigration policies and keep to themselves.