Health Systems Comparative: Italy vs. United States of America Italy and the United States (US) are two developed countries with functioning government systems and financial strength yet have two very different approaches to healthcare. As a basic overview, Italy has primarily a public-based health system in which healthcare is supported by tax income (Bezzone, 2018). There is a private system available for purchase in Italy, which is used to occasionally supplement the standard public system (Bezzone, 2018). In America, public healthcare coverage is limited and only available to a small percentage of the population; the private sector supplies the majority of health coverage to American citizens (Bezzone, 2018). As we delve further into the differences between the two health systems, we will discover pros and cons of each. We will look at advanced nursing roles in each country and discuss how we can learn from each...