Peering Into Our Future?

Mathieu Bédard, who often comments here at the Cafe, sent the following e-mail to his American friends.  I post it, and the accompanying photographs, here with Mathieu's gracious permission.

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Dear American friends,

I really hate to rub it in, but a man forewarned is a man forearmed.

As some of you know, I've been living in France for almost 7 years now. I am pretty much blessed with a good condition, so I never had to deal much with the French healthcare system until my son, Arthur, was born...