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Cultural Geography is a subfield of Human Geography which focuses “upon the patterns and interactions of human culture, both material and non-material, in relation to the natural environment and the human organization of space” (Cosgrove 1994).

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My name is Taylor Linell and I'm currently a Junior in Public Health. My future goal is to become an Occupational Therapist, and I love hammocking, beach fires, and exploring new places :)

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My name is Kiera Nelson and I am a senior in LSBE majoring in marketing. I love painting, going on the lake, and spending time with family/friends.

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Cultural geography can be driven from the history of a country. It can also be impacted on the traditions of a country, demographics, language, and physical geography because they all influence how people interact within their environment.

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How where you are living effects the things you eat/ do/ enjoy/ value.

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To me i believe that cultural geography is how a certain culture is derived from a specific location and is part of that geographic location.

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Cultural geography is one of the two major branches of geography and is often called human geography. Cultural geography is the study of the many cultural aspects found throughout the world and how they relate to the spaces and places where they originate and then travel as people continually move across various areas (ThoughtCo).

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My name is Mara Rosenwinkel and I am a senior majoring in Public Health and Hispanic Studies. After graduation I am hoping to teach English in Spain for 1 year before applying for graduate programs in Student Affairs. In my free time I like to travel, and hike!

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My name is Tyler Emery and I am a junior majoring in finance. In my free time i like almost all things outdoors especially fishing in both winter and the summer.

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- Dentists
- Specialists
- Midwives
- Diagnostic tests
- Prescription drugs
- mental health
- Medical Devices
- Medical Transportation
- Homeopathy
- House Calls
- Child Care

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- Largely controlled by the government
- Financed by general taxation
- Social Security Contributions that are deducted by salary

- Tobacco and alcohol taxes

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Yes it is universal everyone has to have it, they have five main insurances. General, dependent, agricultural, student, and public service. There are also programs for the poor that can’t afford the out of pocket cost.

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Yes it is universal everyone has to have it, they have five main insurances. General, dependent, agricultural, student, and public service. There are also programs for the poor that can’t afford the out of pocket cost.

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Health insurance was not always mandatory in France. It started in 1945. Now 70% of people receive health insurance through their job. 

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Health insurance was not always mandatory in France. It started in 1945. Now 70% of people receive health insurance through their job. 

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- You can choose to add on additional insurance through a private French insurance provider.

- Fills in the gap where individuals are expected to pay a co-pay or want to receive elective treatments.

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Co- pays= are regulated by sickness and the people that are sick more often will pay less.                                   OECD= Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

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Co- pays= are regulated by sickness and the people that are sick more often will pay less.                                   OECD= Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

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In general health professionals need to do an undergraduate, go to medical school, complete an internship, and have experience in various areas. Limitations occur when patients come to them about a very specific matter. In that case they would be referred to a specialist.

No specific organizations that they need to join.

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Male: 80.1
Female: 85.

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1. The people who use the system the most pay the least because those with existing conditions many times get their copay waived.

2. The healthcare system changes a lot

3. Most of the citizens love their healthcare system

4. French doctors only earn 60% of what American doctors make, but they do not have to pay for medical school, and get paid for their work in hospitals while in school.

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- Everyone in france must pay for mandatory health insurance
- Insurance is obtained from nonprofit funds
- One fund alone covers almost 85% of people in France

-After insurance kicks in, Healthcare can cost around one euro or less and if you include everything (prescritions, room/board, etc. it is capped at 50 euros or $56.35)

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- More than 90% of the French have voluntary health insurance plans, mostly provided through their jobs-- -Taxes that the public pays cover more than 2/3 of the healthcare spending
- Co-pays are regulated by sickness; people who have chronic conditions have all of their co-pays waived

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1. France public health care insurance covers a lot of inpatient/outpatient care, specialists, dentists, midwives, diagnostic tests, services, prescription drugs, etc.

2. Social security covers 70-80% costs leaving the remineing amount in individuals hands

3. The French system is considered expensive at $4118 per person is well above the OECD average

4. US is even more at $8508

5. France is near highest in the world at 11.6% GDP

6. US is even higher at 11.9%

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- Has coasts on Mediterranean sea
- Swiss alps
- Varied climate
-  5% of the European continent
- They have provinces, not states