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

To: Lane3 who wrote (4057)	1/19/2008 5:27:56 PM
From: Katelew	Respond to of 42652

Apparently there's a system of a kind of medi-gap insurance in France that I didn't know about. So even though France is written up as 'single-payer', it is actually a hybrid. I don't consider the 30% that isn't re-imbursed as 'minimal' although I was glad to see that major surgery is 95% reimbursed. Q. You say that on average reimbursement is 70%. Can you expand on this? A. Here is a sample. Note that the Rate of Reimbursemen is expressed as % of the Tarif de Convention. Treatment by CPAM Rate of reimbursement Major Surgery 95% Minor Surgery 80% Pregancy/Childbirth 95-100% Prescribed Medicines 65% White label, 35% (blue) X Rays 70% GP/Specialist Visits 70%