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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm French. Like in most first-world nations, waiting for specialists can be fraught. My father ended up in hospital for two weeks because no specialist could see him and understand his complex medical needs before his health deteriorated to the point where he was admissible to hospital. He lives in Paris, where there is a concentration of specialists!

In rural France, there are medical deserts like in all rural areas of the world. Some villagers with no means of transportation haven't seen a doctor in years. Sometimes mayors of villages organize transport to the nearest health center, or if the village is touristy or has other means to pay, it offers free housing and free office space for doctors to come and settle there. But maternity wards are a particular problem.

If you live in a French city and have uncomplicated medical needs, though, yes, French healthcare and pharmaceuticals are very cheap and good quality. Note that due to the government subsiding costs, some brand medications are not available in France (or indeed, in the EU). Synthroid, my thyroid med, is not available there, because the generic levothyroxine is much cheaper and that's the only one that's distributed. I tried both and prefer Synthroid. The EU and other nations also have stricter drug rules when it comes to controlled substances: Adderall is not legal to prescribe, for example. We traveled with my son's Adderall for years before we realized this!

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Here in the good ole USA, you can keep paying your insurance premium and the first time you want to see a specialist (neurologist, pulmonary medicine, etc.), you're in for a three month wait on the schedule.

[b]The big squeeze: ACA health insurance has lots of customers, small networks[/b]
April 5, 2023 | NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/05/1168088923/the-big-squeeze-aca-health-insurance-has-lots-of-customers-small-networks[/quote]

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