"Detritus," mixed media (shredded paper, spray paint, acrylic paint, plaster of paris), 2009THE debate over health care/insurance reform is likely to get sillier before it's over, so here's some basic background on the U.S. system from Wikipedia. The U.S. system doesn't come close to being the best in the world — it's the best only if you have the money to pay for it — but it is the most expensive. For a comparison article, read about the French system at Medical News Today, an independent outfit in Britain.
No health care system can be perfect. My wife and I experienced the French system during a month in Paris in 1997. Went to a pharmacist, saw a private doctor on the Boulevard St. Germain, took a bus to a hospital in the near suburbs. Good service, and health issue resolved. But there different economic incentives. In Europe, the incentive is to work to keep people well because that is what reduces the cost. Here the incentive is to avoid preventive care because treating sick people is where the profit is. So I guess it all depends on your perspective.
In what ways do the insurance companies/physicians avoid preventative care? I think that people in the U.S. just eat lots of junk food and don't exercise.
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