Economics · Boston College
This course is designed as an introduction to the health care systems of the U.S., the U.K., and France. In 2010, the WHO carried out the first ever analysis of the world's health systems and found that France provided the best overall health care. The U.K. was ranked #18 and the U.S. at #37. This couples with the U.S. spending 17.2% of its GDP in 2016 on health expenditures despite not having particularly good health outcomes (e.g., 38.2% obesity rate, 2015). By comparison, France only spends 11% of its GDP on health expenditures and has an obesity rate of 19.5%. The New York Times recently
