If the Covid has so devastated the American economy, it is in particular because the United States does not have a system of universal social coverageas is the case in Belgium, Germany, France and the Netherlands.
Therefore, 10 percent of Americans cannot afford to subscribe to a Health Insurance, and find themselves unable to pay for their health care when they need it.
Moreover, the right to unemployment benefits is limited in the United States to six months. And if during the pandemic, the government granted the unemployed federal aid of 600 dollars a week for four months, this was not enough to stem the country’s poverty rate, which has literally exploded since 2020.
However, the Americans interviewed throughout the documentary do not question this system, to which they still remain culturally very attached.
“America on the brink of depression”, to see this Sunday July 2 at 10:15 p.m. on La Trois.
2023-07-02 06:00:00
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