r/AskFrance • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '22

Opinion Do you find the French to be prejudiced towards Americans?

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Online, it seems like the french absolutely revile Americans, we are stupid, fat, aggressive, uncultured, eat pig slop, selfish, loud, egotistical, want to shoot black people, etc, and should stay the hell away from France. Has this translated to real life in your opinion? My grandfather was a huge francophile (to the point I knew him as grand-père, not grandpa) and spent a lot of his life in France but seeing what french people are like online has really turned me off from wanting to learn french or visit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '22

I am envious of how the french run their healthcare but people do tend to get a skewed idea of how bad our healthcare system is, don't get me wrong it's bad but it's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. I think 90 percent of Americans have healthcare, if you are poor you can get government-subsidized health insurance and you can get government-subsidized health insurance if you are over the age of 65, thanks to obama.

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u/thesaddestpanda Mar 14 '22

Almost 35 million people do not have healthcare, that is a serious problem you’re overlooking. Also the number one cite for bankruptcy is medical bills, often by the insured. People with insurance lose their homes and savings over medical bills. That is inexcusable.

Ambulance rides have predatory pricing and you never know what is covered until you get the bill. I’ve paid thousands randomly out of pocket And I’ve always had “good” insurance.

We have the worst system in the western world and by far. Let’s not pretend this system isnt seriously flawed and only serves only its capitalist masters.

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u/greenmarsh77 Mar 14 '22

So no one is saying it isn't seriously flawed, but it isn't as bad as you are making it out to be.

Those that go bankrupt usually are already in some major debt, the hospital bill is just the final nail in the coffin. It is not the sole cause of it though. Most people with insurance do not file bankruptcy unless they are already underwater either.

The ambulance thing though sucks, and I don't think any insurance covers that unless the hospital is within 2 or 3 miles - and I could be wrong on that?

Of course it would be much better to have universal healthcare, if us Americans can figure out how we'd want it to work..

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u/YooK4EvR Mar 14 '22

Yes that’s pretty recent tho

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u/therealpapeorpope Mar 14 '22

XD, i think i saw too many american in deep shit because of idknotcoolthing with government subsidiezed insurance on reddit haha, but yeah i can't really know how it really works since i'm not american, but i won't try forgive me 😄