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Here is a full export of the same database for France and other civilized countries:

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Having universal healthcare 100% free at the point of use is unusual. French people, like most Europeans, do pay out of pocket for healthcare, it's just heavily subsidized and regulated.

I am surprised that there is no central catalog in the us.

In europe(DACH) there is something called "drg" for example.

For example here(switzerland)

https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/versicherungen/krankenv...

(Hard to find ressources in english)

The system is different because it's designed to have a pricing system with health insurances and also far away from perfect. But the treatments etc are standardized.

But that's objectively false. Unless you have supplementary (ussually employer provided) insurance you have to pay a portion of the fee for every visit or procedure.

France is one of the worst countries you could have picked... lol.

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