More than 30 million Americans have gone without health insurance in the last year. Several other high-income nations cover their entire populations for a lot less money than the U.S. spends. But does a universal health care system help in a pandemic? For answers, William Brangham, along with producers Jason Kane and Claire Mufson, look to our northern neighbor Canada and its single-payer system.

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