UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE 3 3 UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE Author note: Introduction The concept of ‘Universal Healthcare’ implies the availability and coverage of healthcare resources, products and services across all population groups of a nation and is based under the principle that affordable, available and accountable healthcare is every individual’s right which can be exercises as and when the need arises (Martin et al., 2018). Only the United States (US) does not offer