During the debate tonight, Bernie Sanders said (from the Washington Post's transcript):
We need...a health-care system that guarantees health care to all people as every other major country does, not a system which provides $100 billion a year in profit for the drug companies and the insurance companies.
What definition of "major countries" is being used?
Has Sanders personally elaborated on what he means by "major country?"
Bernie Sanders tweeted the graphic below in April of 2019, it was accompanied by the following text (emphasis mine):
Every other major country has made health care a right for all. Anyone who says the United States cannot do the same is selling the American people short. #MedicareForAll
While not a definition, the examples speak for themselves. Indeed, the G7 countries as mentioned by o.m. are in graphic, the other major countries mentioned in that answer are all notably absent from the graphic.
Also, some of the countries in the graphic aren't that major, for example Iceland has a smaller population and GDP than Senator Sanders' own state of Vermont.
You can expect truth in campaign speeches, but not scientific definitions. For an approximation of major countries, try the G7.
Of course the G7 misses China, India, Russia, Brazil, which are quite important in the 21st century world.
Those "yes" are never absolute. Some procedures may be covered, others may require co-payments or are not covered. For instance, France has just decided to stop funding homeopathy, Germany requires co-payments for dentistry, etc.
