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The quality of care is great in Italy but since most care is public their are long wait times and surgeries are first come first serve basis.

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Italy spends a total of 9.2% of its GDP on Healthcare, which is the lowest in the world.According to WHO Italy has the second best healthcare system in the world. Not only does it have one of the best health care system but it also has the lowest per capita spending on healthcare. One of the biggest issues Italy has is its high debt that incurred mostly in the 1980's. In response to the global economic crisis the central government implemented policies to reduce the cost of healthcare expenditure. The government has introduced a special regime for overspending regions that required the adaptation and implementation of a formal recovery plan, 10 out of the 21 regions have already implemented these plans.

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Italy has a universal healthcare system known as the Servizio Sanitario Nationale (SSN). All legal citizens and permanent residents are covered. Private insurance is available however it is not comprehensive; it normally is used as a supplement to the insurance for services not covered by the public system. Roughly, 15% of the population has some form of private insurance. The low cost of healthcare in Italy is justified. The government has lots of regulation in place so that they can reduce the cost. Since they have such a high debt they are looking at where all their finances are going to and how to reduce the amount of money they are paying for it.

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In 1861 Italy became a nation-state under king Victor Emmanuel II however it only became the democratic republic we know today in 1946 after its defeat in WWII . Italian is the official language however there are areas where the primary language maybe French, German, and Slovene. The literacy is the country is high about 99.2% of the population is literate. Life Expectancy is 82.2, which is among the top 15 highest in the world.