The Truth About The French System

I've heard many people talking about the French healthcare system and how it is superior to ours. I don't understand how anyone can say this when I've read so many stories and even done posts on the exodus of wealthy people from France due to the prohibitive tax rates.

The fact is the French system couldn't survive in it's current form without being subsidized by the American tax payer.

French national health insurance is also subsidized by American patients. This is because France decides which drugs to use and at what prices; American pharmaceutical companies must either accept the dictated prices or lose an enormous market. The companies therefore sell their medicines at higher prices in the U.S. in order to cover their expenses and turn a profit; the surplus is then sold cheaply to the French, who take the same pills as Americans but at half the price or less.

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