Does mexico have universal health care?

Healthcare in Mexico is provided by public institutions, private entities, or private physicians. Public healthcare delivery, on the other hand, is accomplished by an elaborate provisioning and delivery system put in place by the federal government of Mexico. In 2009, Mexico instituted universal healthcare. read more

“Mexico devised and implemented a reform and then demonstrated, with evidence, how a large, middle-income country can transform its health system and successfully achieve universal health coverage in one decade,” said Minister Chertorivski, an alum of Harvard Kennedy School and a participant in the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Forum, which convened for the first time in June. read more

However there is something called “Seguro Popular”, that allows all people to have health care, however the quality is not very good. There is also Red Cross, and if you can afford it, the best is private insurance through private hospitals. read more

It was followed by a February 16, 2009, announcement by President Felipe Calderon, who stated that at the current rate, Mexico would have universal health coverage by 2011, and a May 28, 2009 announcement of universal coverage for pregnant women. In August 2012 Mexico installed a universal healthcare system. read more