France

I don't know enough about health care models to know if France's system could just be transplanted to the US, but I'm guessing probably not. Trying might still not be such a bad idea though. I also don't think the French turnout was high was because of the reasons Bill gave, but that was really intended as more a sedway. I actually think the reason the turnout is so high is because there is a great deal of social unrest in France; they have a raging immigration problem, their health care system is actually in the red, unemployment is high, and the poor and lower class are so pissed about the conditions they live in that they rioted all over the place last year. However the points Bill makes about France's social maturity compared to America's are right on.