[rihegher]

French guy here, I wouldn't say the french system is private, It's a mix between public and private actors. If you want more detail wikipedia seems a good start:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_France

By the way, I've been living in the UK and spain, the small experience I had with NHS was ok. But I managed to get confused with the system to the point I started crying in front of a medical secretary after spending a day trying to get an appointment with a doctor.

[raarts]

Dutch guy here. I wouldn't say the Dutch system is private either. It's a mix of private and public as well. Users of the system have a similar experience as described in the article. Also the Dutch system consistently ranks top of Europe [1]. When I moved to live in the US as an expat, my insurance company said they had to double my monthly payments because of the cost of health-care in the US. All other countries would be normally covered. My stomach medication and my daughter's birth control both cost us more than 10 times what we paid at home. (Anecdotal of course). My spotty experience with the health care is that the systems are of comparable quality. BTW France's system is also held in high regard here.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_the_Netherland...