3:59 the color code system varies… Erika is showing the one in Trier. Where I live and in the district where my parents used to live, there are no blue containers, paper goes into GREEN, plastic packaging and tin foil into YELLOW, bio-degradable stuff (food, plants etc) into BROWN and the rest (with the exception of chemicals, electronics etc) is GREY. Particular stuff has to be handed in / carried to the offices of the local recycling company / department, and furniture and other big / bulky waste… is very complicated and is carried off by the recycler either on fixed dates (like, twice a year) or on-call, or… welll… let’s just say, it’s all VERY complicated and regulated and different from state to state and district/city/county to district/city/county…
Yeah it is different in many regions. In my region normally only single family houses have a smmall blue container for paper. But for the 6 multi family houses here we have 2 big BLUE containers because all the houses have the same owner. The rest in our region has to use the big silver containers the which the city provides or have to bring it to the recylcling office. We have YELLOW is for plastic too, but bio-degradable stuff goes into GREEN and the rest into BLACK. For glas we have to use the containers like the ones in the video. They are often paired with the paper containers. And funriture and stuff like that is like you said.
Well, don´t ask for a "naked" appartment in Germany, the landlord might think, you are looking for an "FKK"-place. Appartments wirhout furniture on the other hand are indeed the norm. Many Germans spend there whole lifes in rental appartments and therefore prefer to have their own personal stuff instead of something that belongs to the landlord. Regarding physicians: All physicians are legally obligated to take care of emergencies (as is everybody else to their best abilities). But indeed, not all physicians can accept regular new patients, some are at the end of their capacities. That doesn´t mean, you won´t find a family doctor, but it is possible that you can´t just go to the first one you find in a phone book. Specilists like neurologists, radiologists often have quite long waiting times, to get an appointment.
To find a specialized Doctor, that takes in new patients, can be quite difficult. Even "Hausärzte" aka General Doctors often take no new patients. We have a shortage of Doctors especially in rural Areas. To get an Appointment at a Specialist takes often at least 3, mostly around 6, months if its not an emergency and then this specialist might be 50 to 100 km away.
That's a very good point. Of course, some things have to run 24/7 so that society can survive. Emergency services and hospitals, but also the police are absolutely essential. Public transport is also necessary, otherwise some people wouldn't be able to get to their jobs on Sundays (like a nurse without a car). But it should also be emphasized that in these jobs there are bonuses for working on Sundays and that as civil servants (like police officers) it is simply their duty.
Not everyone has to pay for health insurance. Children covered by family insurance and unemployed spouses (and sometimes other relatives) do not have to pay anything. Long-term unemployed people (receiving "Bürgergeld" or "Grundsicherung") do not have to pay anything either. However, that is not what is meant by "free". Free means "frei" in the sense of freely accessible without a "paywall" and not "free of charge" in general. So you can go to the doctor whenever you need one and you don't have to worry beforehand about whether you can afford it right now or not.
@@Sc4v3r Yes "free" in the sense of already included in the insurance aka covered. In US for example, people still have to pay a lot just for visiting a doctor and more, even a broken arm costs an arm and leg. Even ambulance is not "free" aka not already covered. A bill of 3000-4000€ for an ambulance is pure madness, That why some prefer Uber, but the driver are not trained and equipped for that.
Health care is definitely not free in Germany. It is mandatory. You pay a certain sum per month and with that your costs are covered. But not all of them. If you need glasses, for example, you have to pay for them yourself. If you work as an employee, it is not that expensive, about 150€ per month, and your kids are covered, too. So ist your spouse If he/she has no income of His/her own. BUT if you are not an employee, it is very expensive and has broken the back of many people who tried to run a small business.
If you don't have health insurance, you have to go to the employment office.
In Germany, you are required to have health insurance.
3:59 the color code system varies… Erika is showing the one in Trier. Where I live and in the district where my parents used to live, there are no blue containers, paper goes into GREEN, plastic packaging and tin foil into YELLOW, bio-degradable stuff (food, plants etc) into BROWN and the rest (with the exception of chemicals, electronics etc) is GREY. Particular stuff has to be handed in / carried to the offices of the local recycling company / department, and furniture and other big / bulky waste… is very complicated and is carried off by the recycler either on fixed dates (like, twice a year) or on-call, or… welll… let’s just say, it’s all VERY complicated and regulated and different from state to state and district/city/county to district/city/county…
Yeah it is different in many regions. In my region normally only single family houses have a smmall blue container for paper. But for the 6 multi family houses here we have 2 big BLUE containers because all the houses have the same owner. The rest in our region has to use the big silver containers the which the city provides or have to bring it to the recylcling office.
We have YELLOW is for plastic too, but bio-degradable stuff goes into GREEN and the rest into BLACK. For glas we have to use the containers like the ones in the video. They are often paired with the paper containers. And funriture and stuff like that is like you said.
Well, don´t ask for a "naked" appartment in Germany, the landlord might think, you are looking for an "FKK"-place. Appartments wirhout furniture on the other hand are indeed the norm. Many Germans spend there whole lifes in rental appartments and therefore prefer to have their own personal stuff instead of something that belongs to the landlord.
Regarding physicians: All physicians are legally obligated to take care of emergencies (as is everybody else to their best abilities). But indeed, not all physicians can accept regular new patients, some are at the end of their capacities. That doesn´t mean, you won´t find a family doctor, but it is possible that you can´t just go to the first one you find in a phone book. Specilists like neurologists, radiologists often have quite long waiting times, to get an appointment.
To find a specialized Doctor, that takes in new patients, can be quite difficult. Even "Hausärzte" aka General Doctors often take no new patients. We have a shortage of Doctors especially in rural Areas. To get an Appointment at a Specialist takes often at least 3, mostly around 6, months if its not an emergency and then this specialist might be 50 to 100 km away.
What about all the hospital staff who works on Sunday and train and bus drivers and police etc ?
That's a very good point. Of course, some things have to run 24/7 so that society can survive. Emergency services and hospitals, but also the police are absolutely essential.
Public transport is also necessary, otherwise some people wouldn't be able to get to their jobs on Sundays (like a nurse without a car).
But it should also be emphasized that in these jobs there are bonuses for working on Sundays and that as civil servants (like police officers) it is simply their duty.
@@Sc4v3r I worked in a hospital and lived in a small city and in that area was no bus to bring me to work on Sunday morning .Also not on week days .
How health care is free when people have to pay a health insurance ?
Not everyone has to pay for health insurance. Children covered by family insurance and unemployed spouses (and sometimes other relatives) do not have to pay anything. Long-term unemployed people (receiving "Bürgergeld" or "Grundsicherung") do not have to pay anything either.
However, that is not what is meant by "free". Free means "frei" in the sense of freely accessible without a "paywall" and not "free of charge" in general.
So you can go to the doctor whenever you need one and you don't have to worry beforehand about whether you can afford it right now or not.
@@Sc4v3r Yes "free" in the sense of already included in the insurance aka covered. In US for example, people still have to pay a lot just for visiting a doctor and more, even a broken arm costs an arm and leg. Even ambulance is not "free" aka not already covered. A bill of 3000-4000€ for an ambulance is pure madness, That why some prefer Uber, but the driver are not trained and equipped for that.
Health care is definitely not free in Germany. It is mandatory. You pay a certain sum per month and with that your costs are covered. But not all of them. If you need glasses, for example, you have to pay for them yourself.
If you work as an employee, it is not that expensive, about 150€ per month, and your kids are covered, too. So ist your spouse If he/she has no income of His/her own. BUT if you are not an employee, it is very expensive and has broken the back of many people who tried to run a small business.