Pros And Cons Of The American Health Care System

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It is accepted by all American that the American health care system is insanely expensive. American are looking at other countries for better health care systems. The most popular systems are the Canadian, Finnish, and American health care systems. There are also some unpopular one like the Indian, French, and North Korean. These all have their own strengths and weakness with many different costs and levels of government control. So how does the health care systems in other countries compare to the United States’ health care and what could we learn from them? The American Affordable Care Act consists of an affordable way to get insurance. It allows 15% of the americans a cheap health care (“Why Is Obamacare…”). America spend 18% of its GDP …show more content…

Can we adopt to the French healthcare system as France have the best health care? Everyone loves frances health care system but it is expensive. North Korea has a free system but it is run horribly. Canada has free healthcare system but it has also shortcomings. Most other countries just don't have enough money or resources to create a happy sustaining health care system. Each country has their own benefits, whether it be free health care, good service, or good resources. If america were to adopted this system we would be in even more debt. Dan Polsky says “At the end of the day, the debate is about what are our values. . What is the best way we should structure a system of insuring our public?” (“Is Canada the Right Model”) It is hard to say that the French system would work in any other country. It has amazing system where the state cares more about …show more content…

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