France spends less of its national income on health care than America, but is by most measures a lot healthier. Its total health expenditure, at 12.1% of GDP, is well below the 16.6% in America. Yet the French live on average six years longer than Americans. France’s mortality rate from heart attacks is a third of America’s, its obesity rate is about a third as high, and its rate of opioid-linked deaths a tiny fraction.
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France is a far healthier country than America
Despite lower healthcare spending, France boasts significantly better health outcomes than the United States, exhibiting longer lifespans and lower rates of heart attacks, obesity, and opioid-related deaths.
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