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This episode was filmed in public at the Gaîté Lyrique. When I see my American family, I like to talk to them about Social Security. Social Security is one of those things that makes me proud to be French. I explain to them that in our country, the health system is public and therefore free: if you go to the emergency room, they won't ask you if you have good mutual insurance before treating you. So I am very attached to Social Security, and when people tell me that it is poorly managed, to the point of being in danger, it worries me... Nicolas Da Silva is a health economist at the Sorbonne Paris Nord University. When I read his book, La Bataille de la Sécu (La Fabrique, 2022), I realized that I had very poorly understood how our health system works. I both idealized it and underestimated it. I understood that “the Social Security” in general means nothing: today’s has little to do with the one that was founded in 1946. For him, Social Security is in excellent financial health, and the greatest threat it faces is not only liquidation or privatization but also nationalization. Nationalization that is already underway. When and why did this process begin? What is the difference between “public” and “state”? Does Social Security need to be saved? REFERENCES: Nicolas Da Silva, La Bataille de la Sécu. A History of the Health System, La Fabrique, 2022 Richard Titmuss, Essays on the Welfare State, London, George Allen and Unwin LTD, 1958 Thomas Piketty, Les Hauts Revenus en France au XXe siècle, Paris, Hachette, 2001 Subscribe to the ARTE channel / @arte Follow us on social media! Facebook: / artetv Twitter: / artefr Instagram: / artefr