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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (3769)	1/11/2008 3:27:15 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Many of the things listed in that blog post that are better about France's health care system, are not things that require a national health insurance system, and/or are not things that putting a national health insurance in place would automatically or even likely provide. Practice liability is greatly diminished by a tort-averse legal system A different legal culture isn't part of the health care system, although it does affect it. and medical schools, although extremely competitive to enter, are tuition-free. ... Which is probably, at least partially, and maybe totally do to a government program, but it isn't a health care program but rather a higher education program. Sécurité Sociale has created a standardized and speedy system for physician billing and patient reimbursement... A national health insurance system could put in an efficient system, but you can have such a system without the government running it, and the government running doesn't automatically make it efficient.

To: Lane3 who wrote (3769)	1/11/2008 3:49:37 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Thanks so much, Lane, for a very informative article. It fleshes out my limited understanding of French healthcare. As everyone on the thread can tell from my confusion over Canada's form of healthcare, I haven't researched the topic to much extent. I don't expect this country to leave the present structure any time soon if ever, so haven't spent much time examining all the issues. The visceral rejection of anything that smacks of socialism will most likely keep our govt. whether dem or rep from doing anything more than cobbling together a system of private market solutions.