The Spanish National Health Care System is a public system that is reasonably efficient and
has been considered one of the best in the world. It was ranked seventh according to the
World Health Organization in the year 2000, 1 whereas countries like Canada and the
United States were ranked 30 and 37, respectively. To become insured people need a
social security (“seguridad social”) number, which is obtained by either working for an
employer (usually a private or public company, who pays, along with the worker, a monthly …