New parents in Sweden are guaranteed:

[Uncle Joe]

Link to tweet

By Kelly Wallace and Jen Christensen, CNN
Updated 12:52 PM EDT, Thu October 29, 2015

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But what are the health benefits of paid parental leave on children, mothers and fathers? Are there real, tangible benefits, especially in the case of infants, of having a parent at home while their job is protected and their pay continues?

To answer that question, CNN reviewed more than 20 studies on the health impacts of parental leave on parent and child and talked to a handful of researchers. What we found is that most studies come to the same conclusion: Paid parental leave can have a significant positive effect on the health of children and mothers.

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Paid parental leave can reduce infant mortality by as much as 10%, according to a 2011 study of 141 countries with paid leave policies. It also increases the likelihood of infants getting well-baby care visits and vaccinations, with one study finding that children were 25.3% and 22.2% more likely to get their measles and polio vaccines, respectively, when their mother had access to paid maternity leave. Without paid leave, there was no increase in immunizations.

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Another study, this one published this year, found that mental health benefits can extend over time. Women who were exposed to a more generous maternity leave policy were 18% less likely to suffer from depression 30 years later when they were 50 or older, said Mauricio Avendano, one of the study’s co-authors and associate professor of social science, health and medicine at King’s College London.

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https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/29/health/paid-leave-benefits-to-children-research/index.html

More benefits are listed on the link and while the CNN article is from 2015, I believe it still applies.

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[brooklynite]

2. All you have to do is convince the not rich people to vote for officials who support such policies.

[Hortensis]

3. Voters in Sweden guarantee themselves. nt

[Hoyt]

4. The leave is paid by the government. Heck, we can't even get healthcare.

[Uncle Joe]

5. Ultimately it's paid by "we the people" or that case the people of Sweden.

I believe we can get healthcare, we just haven't yet.

[Hoyt]

7. Swedes are willing to pay the taxes. Here, we'd have a white wing revolt.

[Uncle Joe]

8. We have a white wing revolt regardless and perhaps in some measure due to.

[George II]

11. Personal income tax rate is over 50%.

[sop]

6. Many Americans believe the wrong kinds of people would benefit, and we can't have that.

If America was exclusively white and christian, preferably made up of only Northern European immigrants, things would be much different.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. The US is very different from sweden

[George II]

10. A few facts about Sweden:

Population is 10 million (3% of US population), 80% of whom are ethnic Swedes. 88% of the population lives in cities, 12% rural. The climate of Sweden is essentially the same throughout the country.

Personal Income Tax Rate: 52.9%
Sales Tax Rate: 25%

Plus, Sweden is one homogeneous country, it's not divided up into 50 states each with its own constitution and set of laws.

Sweden is hardly a good choice to compare to United States.