It will take more than a band-aid prescription to fix health care as developed nations face a crisis that goes to the core of what the welfare state is all about. We pay taxes and the government makes sure our needs are covered. The French government is rolling out reforms to save hospitals from bankruptcy and reverse a long trend of cutting doctors, nurses and staff in a nation where the population's growing and ageing. The Yellow Vest movement recently highlighted that entire regions are reduced to what the French call "medical deserts", not to mention swamped emergency services.