Their healthcare system is now the 2nd worst in the EU. Social problems are rising right and left.
WHAT? Now I haven't been to every European country, probably around 30% of them, would be my guess. But literally the country with the best healthcare system of them all, that I've visited a hospital in, have been Sweden.
You got any numbers to backup this claim? Spain, Italy and Greece clearly have a worse healthcare system, and those are just three examples I can think of quickly. Surely lots of countries in eastern europe has it worse than Sweden.
One source showing the opposite of what you're saying:
> Sweden is ranked third by the Commonwealth Fund, with a high proportion of doctors, above-average healthcare spending, and relatively low prescriptions of drugs.
From https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/09/which-countr... which is using Commonwealth Fund as it's source.
Spain has one of the best healthcare systems in the world, usually ranked by the WHO within the top 10 while Sweden's was within top 30.
Both Spain and Sweden seems to be about equal if you average the rankings in that list. So surely if Spain has one of the best healthcare systems in the world, Sweden is pretty equal, then Sweden is nowhere near being the "2nd worst in the EU" when it comes to healthcare.
I am Italian and I live in Sweden. I am happy my family is in Italy right now.
Behind is only Germany, Finland, Denmark, Slovenia, Poland. Ok, last time I've looked they were 2nd worst, now 6th.
Italy and Spain do have much better systems, by far. World Top 5. Even Greece is much better.
But which one? The US and the UK healthcare systems are polar opposites. US is entirely privatised with many gaps in coverage, and it's the most expensive healthcare system in the world. The UK (despite its general conservativeness) has an entirely socialised system that's the cheapest in Europe.
the UK system is public, one of the best in the world. the US system is private and one of the best in the world.
> Their healthcare system is now the 2nd worst in the EU.
you haven't been around the EU a lot right? i come from a 3rd world EU country and I can assure you Sweden is in the top EU countries.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/best-healthcare-...