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France is also looking to improve transparency, solve the geographic disparities and decrease its health care spending while maintaining health care quality

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Citizens as well as non-citizen residents contribute and reap the benefits of the system.

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All residents have an electronic insurance card that contains their social security number and is linked to a computerized system containing all medical records and vital information such as the card-holder's blood type and allergies

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FHCS is financed through contributions based on professional income from employees and employers as well as taxed income that come in other forms, this is know as the General Social Contribution

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The resources available made available to the consumers are vast but there are still some geographical disparities in France's system

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The French health care system combines universal coverage with a public and private mix of hospital and ambulatory care.

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Clinical freedom and professional confidentiality are parts of why provider satisfaction is high in the FHCS

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France's Health Care System (FHCS) offers universal health coverage but has lower health care expenditures than the United States according to their Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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Based on universal access, life expectancy and other health indicators the WHO ranked the FHCS #1 in the world (2000). France is usually around the top of the list year-to-year.

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An astonishing choice of physicians results in high patient satisfaction for France's system

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France's Health Care System