The universal healthcare system in Hungary (PDF file) is financed through income tax and social-insurance taxes.
Maria just sent this: Hungary heatwave kills hundreds
Up to 500 people have died in the past week from a heatwave in Hungary, a top health official has said.
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The daily mean temperature in the past week had reached 30C, she said.In the southern city of Kiskunhalas, the temperature reached a record high of 41.9C.
Here in the USA, the elderly and frail move to Arizona and Florida, where they swim in cooled swimming pools and a 30C day (86oF) in the Summer is an invitation to have dinner on the veranda.
In 2003 15,000 elderly and frail people died during a heat wave in France. Many died in the emergency rooms waiting for someone to bring them water.
For more on socialized healthcare disasters, Socialized Healthcare has plenty.
