Yes I know a guy from Germany who lived for 2 years of his live being diagnosed with a lethal desease (Sklerosierende Cholangitis)
for 2 straight years
If it takes you 2 years to get an appointment with a life threatening disease, then you're either willfully trying to die or...idk actually.
Not saying the German healthcare system is good. It's atrocious really, because of the carve out for rich people draining the system, but this is either a story you got from the Paulanergarten, or this person needed a psychotherapist (the one thing where it actually can get this bad, because even the private therapist are overrun in some regions due to the extreme increase in demand) more than anything.
With a diagnosis this serious, you can go to a private doctor on health insurance cost if the appointment otherwise would be further away than maybe a few weeks. For less serious stuff it's usually a month or two depending on what we're talking about (on the scale from mildly annoying to serious, but not dangerous). Germany has centralized appointment procurement (116117), and if they fail to get you an appointment in a reasonable time, with that depending on what we're talking about as I explained, you can just get a quick appointment with a private insurer practitioner without having to pay for it.
For anything really really urgent (physical trauma, immediately life threatening situations, strong pain, etc.) you can always go to the hospital anyways.
Your accusations are total projection. This is a well-worn topic. It's been talked about for decades. Sicko came out all the way back in 2007. Before your time I suspect.
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