France's health-care system, which is called 'social security,' has been globally recognized for overall quality. In a 2000 report, the World Health Organization ranked it the best national health-care system in the world.
With the Democrats pushing for a government-funded model and President Donald Trump campaigning on repealing Obamacare without a clear alternative, Americans are considering what kind of health care system they may want., with most of their plans calling for a universal single-payer health-care system, closely modeled after Canada's health-care system. But there's another national health-care system that's worth paying attention to: France's.
France's health-care system, which is called "social security," has been globally recognized for overall quality.ranked it the best national health-care system in the world. Here's how France manages to provide universal coverage to its residents while spending half as much as the U.S. does.
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