Healthcare Differences Between the United States of America and France Introduction There are a variety of structures of healthcare systems throughout the world. With living and being educated within the United States of America (US), it is imperative that analysis of other countries healthcare systems as well as comparisons between the US system and the system of another country occur. For this paper, the US healthcare system will be analyzed and compared to the healthcare system in France
The Healthcare System Between France and U.S.A: A Comparative Approach for a Better understanding Rida Khlifa University of Central Florida Author Note This paper was prepared for Health Care USA 3111 taught by Professor Yara Asi Abstract This Paper approaches aspects of the US healthcare system in a comparative analysis with the French one. The comparison and contrast analysis touches base with the basic health outcomes and their statistics, including measures such as infant mortality
History According to the Pew Hispanic Center, 11.1 million undocumented immigrants were living in the U.S. and the majority of the population is Hispanic, living in California, Texas, and Florida. Cancer is currently known as the leading cause of death in Latinos with 33,200 deaths in the Latino population per year. Including in the uninsured population, 14.6 percent of undocumented immigrants is the only population excluded from Medicare and the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. (Jaramillo
Running Head: HEALTHCARE Inequality in healthcare One of the major problems facing our country today is the healthcare crisis. The inequality in our current healthcare system has created a huge gap in the difference between the level and the quality of healthcare that different people receive. Having an improved and reliable health care system available for everyone should be a priority that the government must make available. There are countries whose health care system meets the needs
health, because health is happiness.” These words, said by author Amit Kalantri are words recognizing the need for acknowledgment when it comes to the health of everyone. There are a majority of people in the United States who cannot afford healthcare because of its Out-of-Pocket system. Healthcare is the maintenance and improvement of physical and mental health. It is needed by everyone, whether they are ill or not. Many of those people who can afford it are stuck in their own little worlds and do not
When the Affordable Healthcare Act passed in 2010, I like many others thought it was a good idea and would make health insurance attainable for the millions of Americans who were not insured. The Affordable Healthcare Act was supposed to lower premiums for households between 100% and 400% above the poverty line through tax credits, and support innovative methods designed to lower healthcare costs. Unfortunately, this is not the case 7 years into the ACA, and millions of Americans can no longer afford
implemented programs for classrooms (Hercberg, Serge, Chat-Yung & Chauliac, 2008). Some healthcare disparities include access to emergency care because some emergency cares are located miles away in a bigger town. Another healthcare disparity that there are not enough hospital staff for every hospital bed. This is detrimental because hospital staffs are what makes hospitals well functioning. France also has limited specialist care, thus it is harder to find a specialist doctor, and however,
One might think that the United States of America would have the best healthcare system in the world; however, nothing could be farther from the truth. The U.S. is currently ranked 37th, while France is ranked number one. With the ever growing middle to poor class in the U. S. a lower socioeconomic status continues to affect ones’ health care coverage. The higher the status, the easier the access is to health care, and a better quality of care is received. Unfortunately, the lower socioeconomic
Nico Flores 12/9/17 English 100 Healthcare In The US Throughout the modern era of the United States, one constant issue in society is free healthcare. This issue is not just an issue in the United States, but also in the whole world. Many other countries have made drastic changes in order to fix or at least attempt to fix this issue in their own country, but the U.S. has not done very much. Many Americans believe that free healthcare is something that tax paying citizens should be entitled to. These
France is a European country with a population of approximately 66 million, which makes it the second most populated country in Europe (Chevreul, Berg Brigham, Durand-Zaleski, & Hernández-Quevedo, 2015). The average life expectancy at birth for the country is 82 years. Cancer and cardiovascular disease are among the top causes of death in France (World Health Organization, 2015). Smoking and alcohol are the main causes of avoidable mortality. Overall, the level of health in the French population