Mr Sanders is glowing in his depiction of Denmark's healthcare system - "universal, free of charge and high quality".
In the US there are still millions of people without health insurance. In 2012, it was 15.4 % of the population but that figure has now fallen to below 10% due to President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms.
American journalist Justin Cremer, who has lived in Denmark for five years, has two children, one born in the US and the second in Denmark. He says that while the US hospital provided a far more comfortable experience, he and his wife later faced "the nightmare of working out what was covered by my insurance and what was covered by my wife's insurance".
As an example of one of the "myths" around Denmark's social system that Danish journalist Kristoffer Kraen recalls encountering in the US, he gives the example of an academic who asked him whether it was true that whenever a woman in Denmark gives birth, a social worker is dispatched to cook and clean for her.
Mothers in Denmark are entitled to four weeks of paid maternity leave before the expected date of birth and 14 weeks afterwards. Fathers are entitled to two weeks of leave within the first 14 weeks after the birth, with each parent entitled to 32 weeks of parental leave.
In the US there are still millions of people without health insurance. In 2012, it was 15.4 % of the population but that figure has now fallen to below 10% due to President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms.
American journalist Justin Cremer, who has lived in Denmark for five years, has two children, one born in the US and the second in Denmark. He says that while the US hospital provided a far more comfortable experience, he and his wife later faced "the nightmare of working out what was covered by my insurance and what was covered by my wife's insurance".
As an example of one of the "myths" around Denmark's social system that Danish journalist Kristoffer Kraen recalls encountering in the US, he gives the example of an academic who asked him whether it was true that whenever a woman in Denmark gives birth, a social worker is dispatched to cook and clean for her.
Mothers in Denmark are entitled to four weeks of paid maternity leave before the expected date of birth and 14 weeks afterwards. Fathers are entitled to two weeks of leave within the first 14 weeks after the birth, with each parent entitled to 32 weeks of parental leave.
