Our lovely french health social security

Thierry had a bike accident yesterday and he had to go in an emergency room of a big hospital. At your arrival, nurses are speaking to you behind glasses, one of the first question is about your insurance plan. Thierry arrived at 10h and leaved at 19h, we wait so much... The french doctor I had on the phone to make sure we are insured for that type of injury told me it was the average waiting time in an emergency room in a american hospital. You can see it's a completely  private structure, they have to do profits, it's unbearable.
Even with the Obama care plan, they are far from us in term of medical coverage. I will do other post about it.
Anyway, we decide with Thierry to take the full insurance plan of the university even if it will be a big hole in our budget. Even with it you have to "copay" all, from hospital to a physician appointment. Without it you can't obtain any medical appointments, prices are incredibly high. In 2009, we saw two times a physician in a medical center in a little town of Montana, even without the american insurance it was possible and the price was higher than in France but less higher than in the east coast where we are now...
I miss the emergency room of the Hopital Sud, everyone has the same right to be here.

The doctors made a great job on Thierry, he has stitches all over his face, one very impressive near the eye.