France Health Care

The sick around world video and the reading gave me a new insight about the U.S. healthcare system. I use to believe that U.S. has the best healthcare system in the world, but that perception has changed. How can U.S. the giant of all western world ranked this low in healthcare and life expectancy behind other countries? France healthcare unlike the U.S. is presently known as the best in the world. The World Health Organization ranks France healthcare system number one in the world (WHO, 2000). The France healthcare system combines universal coverage in conjunction with public–private mix hospital, ambulatory care, higher levels of resources, and a higher volume of service provision than in the United States (Rodwin, 2003). The French government helps to

The outcome to such health reform is that, France healthcare system delivers a high level of services, higher level of consumer satisfaction, and a low level of spending funds as it is shared of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However, the U.S. healthcare system is provided by many distinct organizations. The U.S. federal government has engaged in little regulation, allowing those companies to create health insurance plans with as few benefits as they wish. It is sad to learn that the U.S. government covers only 27% of the population and the public expenses accounts between 45-56% and tax incentives and power of labor union made health coverage increased significantly (Shi & Singh, 2010). With health insurance in the hands of various organizations, deprives citizens the option to access healthcare in private or public systems. The U.S. healthcare is looming to bankruptcy because of series of congressional acts linking employment with health insurance. Although the U.S still have more work to do, I hope the implementation of Obama care reform to insure all Americans will improve U.S. healthcare system delivery, affordable, and