Hey DUers, need some info on universal health care

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4. There is also quite a bit of stuff on health care.

Perhaps you just need to change your search phrases. "Universal health care" is not a term usually applied in nations that provide broad-based coverage; nor is 'single-payer'. Because they have systems in place, they tend to refer to them by that name, or some shorthand form.

In the UK, they have a National Health Service (NHS). They refer to it as the NHS or, sometimes, as the "health service/s". The NHS in Scotland and Wales differs slightly from that in England, because they have some autonomy in how they use the money coming in to fund the services. In Ireland is it called the NHC, instead, and also differs slightly, but it is all the same broad body.

Here is a link to a very comprehensive guide, both historical and modern that should answer many of your questions.
http://www.nhshistory.net/a_guide_to_the_nhs.htm

You might also want to look here:
http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/Pages/NHSServices.aspx

NHS Choices is the government portal for the NHS in England.

Someone already offered up Canada, I believe. I don't know much about France, but this 2003 article might give you a head-start:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447687/