After chatting with a few people on Facebook that were from Germany, everyone of them was satisfied with their health care plans that they have. Not saying our's is that bad.

Listen to some of the video's on this site, RE: http://www.npr.org/templates/s...php?storyId=91971170

And another article RE: http://www.npr.org/templates/s...php?storyId=91971406

Now I have never been to Germany, and I have no ideal what they have, just what I have been told and read about.

As I have related, many times, I lived in Germany and rental a home from a German doctor. He stated none of the medical profession would use the government program.

"Public health insurance is great, however, if you earn only a small amount (because you get a lot of insurance for a low sum of money) or if you are married and have a spouse and children with you - because they are covered by the public health insurance too (this may change in the near future, though, according to the latest political plans). But beware: since a lot of services from the public health insurance system have been downgraded or cancelled in recent years, you might want to consider getting additional private insurance to cover some services like 1- or 2-bed rooms in hospital, Chefarzt-Betreuung (operation and treatment by the head doctor of the hospital) or full dental services/replacement etc. Even then you might still have to pay some extra if you have a very complicated illness and you try to get the most-respected expert in Germany to treat you, because in these cases treatment is only covered up to a certain limit. If you want to be sure about having enough funds in the event of severe illness to get the best possible treatment, other insurance types (Dread Disease offered by Canada Life or Scandia for instance) are a possibility. "

http://www.toytowngermany.com/wiki/Health_insurance

Premiums equal about 30 percent of employee's income and benefits. In France, its 37 percent.

interventor, comparing their plan's to our's which one is the best. Since you have been in Germany maybe you can explain it, thank's.

blue's,

I found the German system extremely bureaucratic, as only the Germans may be.

blue's, thank you for the links and your thread. Sounds like and reads like a good plan. The problem is the ones that don't want anything new. How does anyone know that it isn't going to work until it's tried? Of course, interventor believes he knows. He can't even give you a straight answer on the subject. Just one sentence. No explanation. Again, thank you for posting this.

What part of 30 percent of employee's salary and benefits didn't you understand?

As I was not an employee of a large corporation, I used a private insurer.

What part of everyone having health insurance did you not understand? Or did you only listen and read about the doctors being on a budget?

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Originally posted by paradox_carnival:
What part of everyone having health insurance did you not understand? Or did you only listen and read about the doctors being on a budget?

Your statement, as such, makes no sense. If the doctors are on a budget, they must with hold some services to survive, they are small businessmen. Again, they don't use the system.

Then evidently you didn't read or listen to everything blue's supplied with the links. Try again.

You don't listen or read anything other than what you're programmed too so I guess it doesn't matter.

The doctors on a budget work for the hospital. We have the same system of low paid doctors working for hospitals in the US -- residents, who make in the $50,000s.

I assume you also read about the lowering of salaries from the last three decades, which has increased their doctor shortage. In Germany, doctors have six years of training versus our eight or the UK's four.

I don't read the stuff blue supplies with his links because they're as completely distorted as you and blue are.