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Hi @virginiefrance
It is so nice to meet you!
It sounds like France has a comprehensive universal nice health insurance system like Canada.
Please keep me posted on whether you are able to successfully change back to your brand name medication soon.
And please keep us posted on how you are feeling.
I appreciate hearing about your universal health plan in France. There is always a lot of discussion in the US regarding "Medicare for all" but I believe our system will always be a combination of Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance companies since these programs have been in place for decades. There is also a movement to lessen government expenditures and move more of the responsibility to the private sector.
How long has France offered universal health coverage to their citizens? Are you generally happy with the program or are there longer waiting times for care sometimes, etc? I assume there are pros and cons like everything in life. But I love to learn from people that actually have the program! 😊
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Social security for all was born in 1945 just after the Second World War: it is therefore a very long-standing achievement that has never been called into question: access to doctors and care and medicines is free for all French people: a mutual insurance paid by companies is mandatory to complete care without reimbursement: there is no private insurance. People who do not work: unemployed for example or who have very low resource conditions benefit from universal mutual