tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post8254519978340365406..comments2023-09-23T11:16:00.352+02:00Comments on The Franco-American Flophouse has moved: French Healthcare - the User ExperienceVictoria FERAUGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-46607000126671766542011-09-25T12:01:15.416+02:002011-09-25T12:01:15.416+02:00I'm very glad to have you here, L. Dupuy, and ...I'm very glad to have you here, L. Dupuy, and I really appreciate your feedback and your comment.<br /><br />I think we all fear and misunderstand what we don't know and have never experienced. Americans are afraid that they will lose what is good about their health system if it is nationalized and they are surely right that it will cost a great deal (though probably less than what they pay now). That said I am not sure that Americans really understand that their healthcare is not as good as they think it is. A relative of mine in the U.S. just about hit the floor when I pointed out that the U.S. fared rather poorly compared to similar nations on at least two dimensions: infant mortality and longevity.<br /><br />I've often wondered what I would do if I became seriously ill here in France. I have utter faith in the French healthcare system but it simply does not have one thing that I think is essential to my capacity for coping with the situation: my mother. :-)Victoria FERAUGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-67185205328528483622011-09-24T18:09:02.026+02:002011-09-24T18:09:02.026+02:00Thank you for posting this experience. I am so gla...Thank you for posting this experience. I am so glad I found your blog. Half of my family is in France and half is in the U.S. I know from the care that my family in France has received that their healthcare system does "work." It is interesting and sad how hostile some in the U.S. are to this idea, but not too surprising since there are some very interested parties, with huge bank accounts and influence, not wanting to lose their stranglehold on the system. After all, if they eliminated all of the unecessary middle people and made the system simple, all of those interested parties would lose a huge cashcow.<br /><br />I am a dual citizen born in the U.S. and would love to live in France...hopefully someday. But based upon what I have seen from the care my family has received, I would much rather be treated in France for a serious illness than deal with the nasty health insurance companies here in the U.S.L. Dupuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-11371745185573730862011-09-19T08:54:39.383+02:002011-09-19T08:54:39.383+02:00That is a very good article, Ovid, and very accura...That is a very good article, Ovid, and very accurate. It really surprised during the U.S. healthcare debates that they didn't look closer at the French system which is a nice mix. Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving the link. I can personally attest that the system in Japan works pretty well too :-)Victoria FERAUGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-38716150925654441252011-09-18T09:35:11.211+02:002011-09-18T09:35:11.211+02:00I particularly like this Business Week article on ...I particularly like this Business Week article on the topic: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_28/b4042070.htm<br /><br />Having left the US years ago, I've had plenty of opportunities to see how "terrible" universal health care is, both here in the Netherlands and in the UK where I was living before. And my wife is French and her experiences in France match your own: universal health care <i>works</i>.Ovidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509899287185278251noreply@blogger.com