The World Health Organization recently ranked the French healthcare system the best in the world.1 Although the methods anddata on which this assessment was based have been criticized,there are good grounds for being impressed by the French system.Yet in August 2004, with the national health insurance (NHI)system facing a severe financial crisis, France enacted Ministerof Health Philippe Douste-Blazy's reform plan. Like previousefforts at health care reform, this one seeks to preserve asystem of comprehensive benefits, which is supported by themajor stakeholders.
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From the Wagner School, New York University, and the World Cities Project, International Longevity Center–USA, New York (V.G.R.); and the University of Paris–Dauphine, Paris (C.L.P.).
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