Thank you unions! This is the attitude I was waiting for this week. You know, raised in Germany where the first Health Care system was established, I know that the unions were the strong pillar for universal health care.
In the 19th century, laborers began to put one part of their money into a laborer's fund. When one of the laborers was insured or sick, he could use the money to pay for the costs.
Soon unions were created and the fund money increased. However they were not satisfied, formed Social democratic/Labor parties and demanded to apply this system to the whole country. Soon the German government passed the so-called social laws that would guarantee government-run health-, dental-, and life insurance combined into what German call Social Insurance.

This system lasted until today and was adopted by many nations around the world. I would say that it is even wider spread than democracy which shows its extreme importance for the population.


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