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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Is Losing Primary Battles, But Winning A War [View all]DFW
(54,487 posts)In Germany, care is by no means "according to what you can pay," and we do not have universal coverage. There is a broad patchwork system here, and several hundred thousand fall though the cracks and have no coverage at all. My wife is a German social worker, and worked with these people all the time. I moved my legal residence here in 2011, but keep my job and employer in the USA. I am therefore only eligible for "Privat" health coverage, which means I have to go to one of the companies of this patchwork and apply for insurance which I pay out of my own pocket. I have a pre-existing condition which counts here. I was quoted 2500, or about $3000--per MONTH. That's over $35,000 yearly for health insurance.
Pure paradise, I tell you.........