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Re: [OM] OT: Medicare Enrollment Season - Chris T

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Medicare Enrollment Season - Chris T
From: Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 19:04:48 +0100
Employers, employees and the state fund the system. That should be enough not 
to qualify as single payer’s system ;-)

Now, in case you want more than offered, private insurance companies may enter 
the dance, and some employers may even open their purses for that.

For instance, the French SS will refund my glasses or false teeth up to 70%, a 
mutual fund I have subscribed to will top that refund to 90% or so, and my 
private insurance will cover the rest up to 99%.

OTT: every single person in the country is covered, legal and illegal 
immigrants included.

The cost of health care is roughly two thirds that of the US (11% vs 18% GDP), 
and I’m not sure we statistically die one third earlier … life expectancy US 
<https://www.google.fr/search?source=hp&ei=nNu1Xa-eHdCIlwTI-oDICQ&q=life+expectancy+US&oq=life+expectancy+US&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l4j0i22i30l6.2298.6544..7122...0.0..0.89.1286.18......0....1..gws-wiz.....0..0i131.7K8kCchn04Y&ved=0ahUKEwiv3IHygr3lAhVQxIUKHUg9AJkQ4dUDCAk&uact=5>
 vs life expectancy France 
<https://www.google.fr/search?ei=o9u1XY3zM8GIacumnoAB&q=life+expectancy+France&oq=life+expectancy+France&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l3j0i22i30l7.8557.9499..10471...0.3..0.108.514.5j1......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71.QSisBbafxI0&ved=0ahUKEwjN0MP1gr3lAhVBRBoKHUuTBxAQ4dUDCAo&uact=5>
 Go and figure ...

Amities

Philippe



> Le 27 oct. 2019 à 16:29, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> 
>     That surprises me as I had always thought that France was the first to 
> adopt such a system.  So what do they have?
> 
>> 
>> OTT; France doesn’t have a single payer’s system.
>> 
> 
> Chris
> 
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