Because it's a system of solidarity. If you can't pay because you are poor, the monthly costs are covered for you and your family. I think in America they call it for "socialist health care".
I don’t think you would even want to. As a 55 year old, you are an insurance risk for any insurance. IF you qualify, your monthly payments would be enormous because of your age and because of not having built retirement provisions. I don’t think it would be wise to consider private health insurance in your situation. It would be better to go for additional private insurance just for hospital treatment.
It depends. Public healthcare: the costs will be covered for you. Private healthcare: if you are young enough you can switch over to public healthcare. If you are too old for that, you are in trouble. But you would still have very basic coverage for emergency situations. VERY basic…
Other than semantics and/or a few details, that does not sound all that different than here in the USA. The problem now is how to get people to want to become doctors.
Trying to find an appointment for anything health related in germany is nearly impossible they always give a month later or 2 weeks later or sometimes 3 months later. Also they got weird and bad working hours. Like only 2 pm to 5 pm . Or only 9 am to 11 am. Germany needs to fix this.
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*But how do single people with no job unemployed get free health insurance ?*
Because it's a system of solidarity. If you can't pay because you are poor, the monthly costs are covered for you and your family. I think in America they call it for "socialist health care".
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If you are thinking of migrating to Germany but are 55 and retired you can’t get private healthcare because you need to make 69k?
I don’t think you would even want to. As a 55 year old, you are an insurance risk for any insurance. IF you qualify, your monthly payments would be enormous because of your age and because of not having built retirement provisions. I don’t think it would be wise to consider private health insurance in your situation. It would be better to go for additional private insurance just for hospital treatment.
What happens to people, e.g. the old, the unemployed, who can't afford health insurance?
It depends. Public healthcare: the costs will be covered for you. Private healthcare: if you are young enough you can switch over to public healthcare. If you are too old for that, you are in trouble. But you would still have very basic coverage for emergency situations. VERY basic…
Other than semantics and/or a few details, that does not sound all that different than here in the USA. The problem now is how to get people to want to become doctors.
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Trying to find an appointment for anything health related in germany is nearly impossible they always give a month later or 2 weeks later or sometimes 3 months later. Also they got weird and bad working hours. Like only 2 pm to 5 pm . Or only 9 am to 11 am. Germany needs to fix this.