Reading these forums for some time, I learned that many Americans fear a social security system covering the needs of everyone. People need to take care of themselves is the phrase of the day. I never understood that, but let's take a look at France.
Everyone working in France must contribute to the French Social Security system and everyone (French or not, working or not, unemployed, child or retired, legal or illegal immigrant) is entitled to benefit from it with no exception (with CMU : Couverture Maladie Universelle only 0,1% are not covered). The system is threefold : Health, Family and Retirement, each of them has different structures and financing ; each of them is financially autonomous (no taxpayer's money but contributions by employers and employees to make it balanced). And it works for everyone.
Despite this "preposterous system", they still can enjoy 100Mbps broadband connections for a bunch of Euros. France, How dare you?
Everyone working in France must contribute to the French Social Security system and everyone (French or not, working or not, unemployed, child or retired, legal or illegal immigrant) is entitled to benefit from it with no exception (with CMU : Couverture Maladie Universelle only 0,1% are not covered). The system is threefold : Health, Family and Retirement, each of them has different structures and financing ; each of them is financially autonomous (no taxpayer's money but contributions by employers and employees to make it balanced). And it works for everyone.
Despite this "preposterous system", they still can enjoy 100Mbps broadband connections for a bunch of Euros. France, How dare you?
