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“A VOTRE SANTÉ” Le système de santé publique français By Rhieu Mellor. BIBLIOGRAPHIE. Employee at the West Bay Family YMCA Kinesiology- Study of human body movement. Pourquoi ce sujet ?. Educational relevance Comparison to the United States
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“A VOTRE SANTÉ”Le système de santé publique françaisBy Rhieu Mellor
BIBLIOGRAPHIE • Employee at the West Bay Family YMCA • Kinesiology- Study of human body movement
Pourquoi ce sujet ? • Educational relevance • Comparison to the United States • Can both countries learn from each others system?
Je m'excuse des contradictions • Political • Medical • Business/Industry • Circumstantial
Overview of US Health Care • Health Insurance Insurance that compensates the insured for expenses or loss incurred for medical reasons, as through illness or hospitalization
Types of Insurance • Employee-based • Private policies • Publicly financed funds
Prominent US Insurance Companies • Blue Cross-Blue Shield • United Healthcare • Medicare • Medicaid
Medical Education • Typically an Undergraduate degree for medical personnel For a Medical Degree (MD/DO): • Undergraduate curriculum • Medical School/Residency • Optional: Additional specialty training
MONEY MONEY MONEY • AVERAGE MEDICAL STUDENT DEBT: $150,000-$175,000+
So we’re all insured, right? • NOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE • 46 MILLION AMERICANS ARE CURRENTLY UNINSURED (15% of the total population)
Numéro un • World Health Organization (WHO) in 2001 voted the French Health Care system the best in the world
Trente-sept • The United States ranked 37th in the same equivocal survey
French Health Care System • SOCIALIZED MEDICINE (terme stupide) • The French don’t truly consider their system as “socialized medicine”
Sécurité Sociale • The publicly-funded health insurance system in the country of France • Compulsory • Solidarity
FREE HEALTH CARE???!!! Not exactly… • Paycheck deductions- up to 20% • High taxation- Alcohol, tobacco, gasoline, etc.
“We, not me” • “The healthy should pay for the sick” • The sicker you get, the more care you receive with less pay
Assurance supplémentaire • This insurance covers all co-pays and additional medical fees • Usually occupationally-based
Hôpitaux • Freedom to choose • Public/Private hospitals are closely located
Éducation médicale • 6 year program • Grades dictate where one will specialize • However, the tuition is outrageous…
JUST KIDDING • “If it’s free it’s for me” • The French government completely funds all medical students education
French Practice • Private-practice • Hospitals • House-calls • Service d'Aide Médicale d'Urgence (SAMU)
Is it abused? Oui!!! • Many French citizens go to the Doctor too much while others may never go at all
Mauvais citoyen • Many file false incomes so they don’t have to contribute to the national funds
OU EST DE L’ARGENT? • The current French Health Care System deficit: 13+ BILLION DOLLARS
French learn from the U.S. They are learning from our very own system • Electronic funds • Health techniques that reduce expensive testing
OVERALL POSITIVES • UNIVERSAL coverage for all citizens • Security- regardless of work/health risks
OVERALL NEGATIVES • Too much freedom for the doctors? • People will overuse/abuse the system
Que pensent-ils ? • 65% satisfaction rate was polled • The highest in Europe!
USA 16% GDP on health care Will decline citizens on insurance policies FRANCE 10.7% GDP on health care Generous to ALL citizens DIRECT COMPARISON
USA Life expectancy: 77.5 Private, public or employee-based insurances $5,771 per capita FRANCE Life expectancy: 79.4 UNIVERSAL health care $3,048 per capita DIRECT COMPARISON
Révision • France has a Universal Health Care System that is publicly financed • The insurance fund is Securite Sociale • High taxation contributes to the system • Could the U.S. do it? That’s up to you
Merci pour l’ecoute la Fin
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