The Price of Healthiness: The Role of Employers, Government, and Physicians in the Evolution of the Health Care Systems in France and the United States

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dc.contributor.advisorThiltges, Alexandre
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Denise
dc.contributor.departmentBiology.en_US
dc.contributor.otherBaylor University.en_US
dc.contributor.schoolsHonors College.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-28T16:20:37Z
dc.date.available2014-04-28T16:20:37Z
dc.date.copyright2014
dc.date.issued2014-04-28
dc.description.abstractThe United States has one of the most expensive health care systems in the world, yet there are no comparable outcomes associated with access and quality of care. While other countries consider access to health care services a human right, the United States has maintained a system where too many people are uninsured and are, therefore, not readily able to gain access to these services. Rising costs and a growing vulnerable population led the United States to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010. France, however, has had compulsory health insurance, fulfilled through Sécurité Sociale, for several decades. The current state of both health care systems offers an interesting comparison of how employers, government, and physicians exerted their influence on the eventual passing of compulsory health insurance. Important to this comparison is that even though France has succeeded in completely insuring all of its citizens, a current issue the country must address is the financial burden of keeping a program of such magnitude afloat. Entwined in their history, France and the United States share a commonality in problem and solution, which is ultimately connected to the continual evolution of what defines healthiness.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2104/8935
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsBaylor University projects are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. Contact libraryquestions@baylor.edu for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.accessrightsWorldwide accessen_US
dc.subjectHealth Care.en_US
dc.subjectUnited States.en_US
dc.subjectFrance.en_US
dc.subjectHistory.en_US
dc.subjectComparative.en_US
dc.subjectEmployers.en_US
dc.subjectGovernment.en_US
dc.subjectPhysicians.en_US
dc.subjecthealthinessen_US
dc.titleThe Price of Healthiness: The Role of Employers, Government, and Physicians in the Evolution of the Health Care Systems in France and the United Statesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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