Why I Prefer French Health Care (From Reason.com, of all places)

[naaman fletcher]

To put it plainly, when free marketers warn that Democratic health care initiatives will make us more “like France,” a big part of me says, “I wish.” It’s not that I think it’s either feasible or advisable for the United States to adopt a single-payer, government-dominated system. But it’s instructive to confront the comparative advantages of one socialist system abroad to sharpen the arguments for more capitalism at home.

For a dozen years now I’ve led a dual life, spending more than 90 percent of my time and money in the U.S. while receiving 90 percent of my health care in my wife’s native France. On a personal level the comparison is no contest: I’ll take the French experience any day. ObamaCare opponents often warn that a new system will lead to long waiting times, mountains of paperwork, and less choice among doctors. Yet on all three of those counts the French system is significantly better, not worse, than what the U.S. has now.


More at the link:

http://reason.com/archives/2009/12/07/why-prefer-french-health-care

[tabatha]

1. Amazing from a libertarian mag.

But the direct experience is very powerful.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. Having been under both, I endorse the French approach over the UK and Canadian systems n/t