Although the United States spends 16 percent of its gross domestic product on health care, more than 46 million people have no insurance coverage, while one in four Americans report difficulty paying
Almost 16 percent of American citizens do not have health insurance, and Americans pay about $5,700 per head for their health care per year. By contrast, virtually no French citizen is without coverag
This is the first comprehensive analysis of public and private welfare in France available in English or French. It argues that France simultaneously pursued two different paths toward universal socia
