There is no uniform health insurance system in Europe, each nation has it's own system. On the whole, European nations have taken a more socialized approach to financing health care than we have in the United States (though ObamaCare is kind of changing that). In Switzerland you are mandated to purchase private health insurance. In Britain they have the National Health Service that provides health insurance for the masses while at the same time having a growing private health insurance and health care delivery system for the people who can afford to operate outside of the national system (the class system remains alive and well in England and many European nations).
Some European systems give the illusion of being "free" but people are really paying for their care in the form of higher taxes and rationing of care along with price controls on healthcare providers. While there are things we Americans can learn from the European experience, the Europeans have hardly achieved perfection when it comes to health care and health insurance.
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Some European systems give the illusion of being "free" but people are really paying for their care in the form of higher taxes and rationing of care along with price controls on healthcare providers. While there are things we Americans can learn from the European experience, the Europeans have hardly achieved perfection when it comes to health care and health insurance.