French Vs. American Healthcare
France's healthcare system is very similar yet, very different in comparison to American healthcare systems. A lot of France's healthcare procedures have been adapted from American healthcare systems. French healthcare can also be a lot more giving and caring than America's healthcare system. French healthcare systems are all about giving to the sick and poor while America is based on recovering from yet to be paid off debt with extensive profit. I will focus on three things, emergency medicine, applying for healthcare procedures and benefits, and public health. We will try to find balance in our minds as we ask the reoccurring question, “Can France and The U.S find balance themselves?” France demonstrates that you can deliver great results in government healthcare by mixing public and private financing. Universal healthcare has ranked France number one in the world for healthcare. France's infant death rate is 3.9 per 1,000 live births, compared with 7 in the U.S., and average life expectancy is 79.4 years, two years more than in the U.S. The country has far more hospital beds and doctors per capita than America, and far lower rates of death from diabetes and heart disease. The difference in deaths from respiratory disease, an often preventable form of mortality, is particularly striking: 31.2 per 100,000 people in France, vs. 61.5 per 100,000 in the U.S. Some 65% of French citizens express satisfaction with their system, compared with 40% of U.S. Residents.
Healthcare procedures and benefits are both the same and polar opposites. Healthcare procedures and benefits for the public vary. In France, you get a pre-paid insurance card with a set amount of money, which will be deducted by your employer, on top of the tax deductions. On the other hand, if you cannot pay for your insurance and/or live off of the leftover amount of money from the deductions, the government will pay for your insurance in a rather stingy way. This works as a type of “incentive” to
Healthcare procedures and benefits are both the same and polar opposites. Healthcare procedures and benefits for the public vary. In France, you get a pre-paid insurance card with a set amount of money, which will be deducted by your employer, on top of the tax deductions. On the other hand, if you cannot pay for your insurance and/or live off of the leftover amount of money from the deductions, the government will pay for your insurance in a rather stingy way. This works as a type of “incentive” to