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Note that some countries, such as Britain, New Zealand, and Cuba, provide health care in government hospitals, with the government paying the bills. Others (e.g., Canada and Taiwan) rely on private‐sector providers, paid for by government‐run insurance. Many other wealthy countries (e.g., Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, and Switzerland) provide universal coverage using private doctors, private hospitals, and private insurance plans. In some ways, health care is less socialized overseas than in the United States, where almost all Americans sign up for government Medicare insurance at age 65. In Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, seniors stick with private insurance plans for life. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the world's purest examples of government‐run health care (Reid, 2009).