Throughout the healthcare debate I’ve heard a lot about the French healthcare system and the British system and occasionally someone will throw Germany in there too. In September one of my good friends visited from England and we had the chance to chat about her personal experiences with healthcare back home. Helen wasn’t all that satisfied with the British system, in fact, she wasn’t happy with it at all. Obviously, no system can be perfect, but it did get me thinking...beyond broad generalizations how do other countries handle healthcare?

France’s La Couverture Maladie Universelle                                                  

Described in detail Medical News Today has a basic run down of how the French healthcare system works. Dr. Yann Meunier reviews medical training in France and how it differs from the United States on KevinMD.com. And finally, an interesting comparison here.  

Britain’s National Health Service

Time get’s a few opinionated digs in, in this article, but if you can read through it with a discretionary eye it is a good overview of the NHS. Here are two quick opinion pieces that summarize some pros and cons on CBS.  And here’s one more article that goes into further detail about NHS from a site hosted in Europe.

And to bring it all full circle (well almost) here’s an article out of the UK about the German healthcare system. 

If you had to pick a country to live in based solely on healthcare, where would you go? (Not limited to the countries mentioned in this post.)