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RegPaq, France has one of the best medical care systems in the world, and so does the UK and they are both government funded. France especially (though, it's not exactly free like the UK). You get health insurance in France to get refunds on medicine and doctors if you visit regularly. i.e. me, I have to take pills everday of my life, therefore I get insurance because it saves me a lot of money per year...

Now, I've never been to America and I don't know what their service is like, but what you've said contardicts the general opinion. Many Americans I know always say that the service is expensive and crap compared to other countries with nathional health services...