Analysis: Finland’s health-care system is ranked among the best in the world. Someone tell Nikki Haley.
Nikki Haley speaks during the Hudson Institute's 2018 Award Gala in New York on Dec. 3, 2018. By Emily Tamkin Emily Tamkin Reporter covering foreign affairs Email Bio Follow March 21 at 9:34 AM Nikki Haley, former governor of South Carolina and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has landed in some hot-as-a-sauna water by criticizing Finland’s health-care system.
Alright @BernieSanders, you’re not the woman having the baby so I wouldn’t be out there talking about skimping on a woman when it comes to childbirth. Trust me! Nice try though. https://t.co/LlmLmqdbNk — Nikki Haley March 20, 2019 There are, of course, arguments to be made against pointing to Finland, a country with roughly the population of Minnesota, as a model for anything in the United States, a country with the population of Minnesota — 5.6 million — plus about 322 million more.
— Arto Tamminen March 21, 2019 Finland was indeed ranked the happiest country in the world on Wednesday; contributing factors to Finns’ happiness included their stated sense of social support and healthy life expectancy.
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