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I don't know who "we" are. But the solution proposed with the blockchains and stuff - misguided as I may think it is - had the goal of allowing general interoperability / portability of data among any providers, potentially across the world.

That France has some software that works well for their small corner of the world with their specific centralized model of healthcare is great for them, but doesn't solve the same problem. And it certainly doesn't mean you could necessarily apply it to the US, even if there was political will to do so.