Global push to guarantee health coverage leaves U.S. behind
China, Mexico and other countries far less affluent are working to provide medical insurance for all citizens. It's viewed as an economic investment. - Even as Americans debate whether to scrap President Obama's healthcare law and its promise of guaranteed health coverage, many far less affluent nations are moving in the opposite direction — to provide medical insurance to all citizens. China, after years of underfunding healthcare, is on track to complete a three-year, $124-billion initiative projected to cover more than 90% of the nation's residents.