Reply #36: i have only lived here for 8 years

[reggie the dog]

I was from the usa to begin with and for my first 24 years on earth, this past week i woke up choking on my own swollen throat and went to the emergency room, i remembered thinking, shit i dont have any cash or my credit card, oh wait, i am in france..... you show an insurance card but if you forget that you get treated they give you a bill and you can come back with your insurance card to take care of it. you get treated first, with no talk of money, it could be this way in the usa, i have lived under both systems and france is by far the best, sure their is a supposed debt from the insurance program but only since the payments made by business owners were lowered, so they can just pay a bit more again and all will be fine.