Health insurance? compared to france canada and england?

Question

ok so what would happen if we copied say France health care policies and got rid of health insurance? cause something isn't working when the U.S. is ranked 37th. And everyone that i have talked to from france or canada love the policy. i mean we would pay a little in taxes but wouldn't it be worth it? i mean never have to worrie about paying a hospital bill. i need some feed back im doing a paper. and as for every one that is worried about "how is every one going to get paid" it all in the taxes. look at england, canada, and france, their not doing so bad so whay havent we adopted it?

Answer 1

you are having so much confusion that is why your question is not clear make sure what do you want to know

Answer 2

France is a socialist country, you know that, right?  And you know that the rich people in France, come here to the USA for medical treatment when they can afford it, right?

And, in general, Americans are really, really fat.  If a fat American went to the FRench doctor with Type 2 diabetes, instead of being given pills & prescriptions, they'd be told to excercise and lose weight.  VOILA!  problem solved.

The systems in England, Canada, and France rely on very heavy taxes.  Also, it's two tiered - people who CAN afford private insurance, get better, faster treatment.  Lastly, they're imploding - go do a yahoo search for all the news articles about how their public health systems are going to start cutting out services rendered.  

Here's a quote about the financial health of England's system, from wikipedia:  As each division of the NHS is required to break even at the financial year-end, the service should in theory never be in deficit. However in recent years overspends have meant that, on a 'going-concern' (normal trading) basis, these conditions have been consistently, and increasingly, breached. Former Secretary of State for Health Patricia Hewitt consistently asserted that the NHS will be in balance at the end of the financial year 2007-8;[25] however, a study by Professor Nick Bosanquet for the Reform think tank predicts a true annual deficit of nearly £7bn in 2010.[26

And my favorite:  Rationing is a part of all health care systems because resources are necessarily finite. In purely private systems, health care is rationed via the price mechanism, with those being able to or wanting to pay for care getting it immediately and those not able waiting indefinitely (until they can afford it, which may be never). In the NHS, which aims to give a broad coverage of care to all without charging, health care is rationed on the grounds of clinical need, meaning that emergency cases (e.g. heart attacks) get instant access where those with less urgent needs (e.g. cataract surgery) are given lower priority and so wait longer.

Here in the USA, 85% of AMericans have SOME form of health insurance.  92% of Brits, are stuck waiting indefinately for their service.   um, I'll take the USA version, thanks!!

Answer 3

Ok...you obviously should have gone to see Tropic Thunder instead of Sicko.

First the US has world class health care.  If not, why do people from ALL OVER THE WORLD come to our medical schools?

Second - it wouldn't be a 'little' taxes.  It would be an enormous cost.  You have to factor in that since it's government run and not free market that it's going to cost much more than it does now.  That's why the Clinton plan never came to fruition.  NOBODY wanted to pay for it and the bill died.  Also consider the cost for all of the Medicare fraud alone right now.  So we want to open that fraud up to the rest of the population and this will be a good thing why?

Thirdly - ask someone from those countries how long it takes to get a medical procedure done.

Is our plan perfect...No of course not, but also ask France what happen to their innovations in health care.  They used to be at the top of the list and have fallen.

Fix the lawyers to lower the doctor's liability cost and educate consumers (obviously they don't get it if they're in Yahoo answers each day trying to get insurance AFTER they get pregnant).  That alone would be a good start.  But don't think other countries have the answers.