Monarchies and Universal Health Care

It's interesting to note the correlation between countries that have "successful" Universal Health Care and a Monarchy. Perhaps it would be apt to discuss overhauling government, before we discuss overhauling health care.

The debate over whether the United States of America should implement Universal Health Care rages on.  Evidence provided in support of Universal Health Care often comes from "successful" implementation from other countries.  While we can debate the "success" of Universal Health Care from other countries or the merits and fallacies of invoking Universal Health Care itself, it is apt to to acknowledge and analyze the context of which Universal Health Care is implemented.

I did a quick survey with friends and colleagues that agree with implementing Universal Health Care, for countries that have "successfully" implemented Universal Health Care.  The common responses that popped up were: Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. 

Using the infamous wikipedia, I looked up the type of government each of these countries had.  How do the countries compare?  Surprisingly (or not), almost all of the countries that have Universal Health Care has a Monarchy and a Parliament as their form of government.  Only a few were Republics.  France is regarded as a Republic, but a unique form of a Unitary Semi-Presidential Republic.  Ireland is a Republic and Parliamentary Democracy.  The United States is a Federal Constitutional Republic.

If one is to use the arguement of looking to other countries for "success", perhaps even before we begin to discuss universal health implementation, it would be apt to discuss the merits and dis-merits of implementing another form of government. Is a Monarchy a superior form government as opposed to a Republic? Vice-versa? None of the above? Is Universal Health Care prone to be more successful under a Monarchy than a Republic? Vice-versa? Let the dialogue continue.

	Monarchy	Parliament	Republic
Australia	x	x
Canada	x	x
France			x
Ireland		x	x
Norway	x	x
Sweden	x	x
United Kingdom	x	x
United States			x

*This post is by no means an endorsement of Universal Health Care and/or a Monarchy.