Mideast sheiks go there
...
So do low level Muslim terrorists.
The Europeans have achieved their utopia and then only wish to enhance it by importing millions of unemployable Muslims.
Ain’t socialism great. Everything is free...
Get some of that excellent French Health care.
Move to France now and avoid the Bastille Day rush.
Exit Visa from the US not required so now is the time to go!
Good healthcare and all the terror attacks you could want.
Nobel winners by country:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11926364/Nobel-Prize-winners-Which-country-has-the-most-Nobel-laureates.html The physiology/medical winners are ranked on the left column.
Heck, I remember when the Saudi royal family bought a multi-million dollar (chump change for them) mansion about 10 mins from me. They brought the whole gang with them, multiple generations, and they spent about 6 weeks there. Everyone got all their checkups, work done, surgeries at the Cleveland Clinic and then they flew back. No hotel rooms for this bunch!
I suspect they still own it, just loaning it out to others for the same reason.
What new health system ?
I have heard that too.
But I wouldn’t want to live there. From the same person, I have heard they do not like air conditioning. i can’t live without it. In August, when they all go on vacation and leave their old family members at home, we read that score of elderly die at home of heat. Department stores are sweltering,no ac. Big stores with lots of sweaty people have no ac.
We pay for their defense so they can afford it
The US still has the best survival rates for life threatening illnesses and diseases. The Mideast sheiks come to the US when they have them as do Canadians and the rest of the world
We have the most modern surgeries of anywhere.
As to appointments...that depends on where you live in France.
We treat way more people than other countries. If you need immediate care that is what urgent care is for Plus if it is a true emergency that is what ERs are for and 911
The European may handle the common cold better because they give big shots of B vitamins but overall I will take our medical care ANY day if the week
35% is a pretty steep tax rate. Also, did they tell you if you are overweight you can not get a mortgage? Your information is not private.
Has she considered going back to France?
If a socialist system can get somebody else to pick up the short fall then yes socialism works!
We should pay for health insurance based on risk, not based on our income. Then we should have a safety net for those that cannot afford health care - it’s called Medicaid.
Here’s an article on the world’s most generous countries.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/most-generous-countries-in-the-world/
Note which country is listed
and which country isn’t.
Also note, these are the country’s residents, not the government giving.
Here is a Wiki page on governmental giving.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_development_aid_country_donors
When I went to the PDF link in the article.
The USA is rated number 2
France is 81
I don’t want a 35% income tax, especially if that’s the same rate that Bill Gates is paying. He can afford it; I can’t.
Tell it Princess Di.
Frances healthcare insurance is paid out of 35% national tax. You pay Dr , insurance remburses you 70% to 100%. If you cannot pay or you have a longterm condition all healthcare is free. You can choose any Dr and any treatment you want. They do not have the wait times of say Britain. Privatized healthcare in France is far less expensive than US healthcare. French healthcare is usually rated number one when all people are considered.
The US has great healthcare but is most expensive in world, 17% of GDP. Those who can’t afford to pay have Medicare for the old, Medicaid for the poor and Chip for children. If you are not rich or poor or have employer paid insurance with high deductible you don’t want to get sick you will be making payments for rest of your life.
The French have a hybrid system with both public and private facilities and services. It’s a complicated system and in recent years they’ve had problems controlling costs but for the most part it works. A market based fully private system is obviously the superior choice but if the United States is going to go down the road of socialist healthcare then something like the French system would probably be the least bad approach. The worst would be an English style fully public single payer system.
It really is a shame that we can’t have a healthcare system that’s consistent with our founding principles, but that’s what happens when the left spends the better part of a century marching through your institutions.