Health care if definitely a vital foundation towards health, but doesn't necessarily enable increased access of care. 

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• "People can get care in Germany if they need it," Dickel says. "Much more important [than access], I would say, are the social conditions. That's the cause of the life-expectancy gap."
• But it turns out that tending to the health needs of low-income patients still presents universal challenges.
• The poorest neighborhoods are Veddel and Billstedt, both home to high populations of recent immigrants.
• Entering these areas felt like stepping into another city, where even though people have universal insurance, high rates of chronic illnesses such as diabetes, depression and heart disease persist. Treatment and preventive care are difficult to access.
• Universal health care, in and of itself, may be a first step toward increasing a community's health, but it isn't a magical solution.

Full article @ https://knpr.org/npr/2019-10/poor-people-are-still-sicker-rich-germany-despite-universal-health-care