Swiss Health Care System

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Same is in Turkey.
Healthcare is free, however services can be slow sometimes. And you have to pay some money in addition to your taxes to the government.

You have a curious definition of "free" in Turkey.

I'm kidding, of course. It's interesting to hear how other nations have handled the challenge of ensuring it's citizens have good health care. You mentioned that obtaining services are slow, are there any widespread issues? Overall, it sounds like you're pleased with how your system works - would you agree?

I only ask because our system in the U.S. is seriously flawed, particularly for the uninsured, and I'm interested in hearing about success stories so that we might find a system that would work here.

Well, we get our healthcare one way or the other, yes...
But as I said, services are kind *slow* and waiting in hospitals can be a bother sometimes just to get checked by a doctor, or get a prescription from a specific one.
Insurance goes two ways in here. The higher classes generally prefer private health insurance companies, or just simply go to private hospitals where healthcare services are provided much faster.
However, middle class people can either prefer state insurance, or just get them automatically if they work for the state, and might also benefit from a few extras on the side.
However, if you work for the private sector, whomever you work for, or whomever who works under you, must be insuranced. This goes to mostly a state owned insurance company, which will allow you to become officially "retired" and get pensions and free healthcare for that, too.
And after you die, this automatically passes to your nearest female(widowed or unmarried) relative(could be your wife or sister, or daughter and etc.). She gets your monthly payments, and benefits from every healthcare services that are entitled to you.