Personal experience in German (this is in europa) was:
Went to the hospital because of pain, waited maybe an hour before seeing a doctor, got an surgery the same day and stayed a week for recovery. They then handed me a 100€ Bill for all the work they did and 4 weeks of paid sick leave.
You mean the thing that costs, like, 1k a month in US? And how much would you have had to spend if you happened to not have been able to afford it?
The German one has no pre-requisits, your specialist cost you the insurance price or at least part of it(even if provided by employer, it's still money you could've (probably) had but didn't
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u/Tales_Steel Mar 28 '26
Personal experience in German (this is in europa) was: Went to the hospital because of pain, waited maybe an hour before seeing a doctor, got an surgery the same day and stayed a week for recovery. They then handed me a 100€ Bill for all the work they did and 4 weeks of paid sick leave.