From a German about the German system: "Here in Germany, we do currently have the public option competing with the private option. It's been this way for a while, and it's not working. The cost of the public health care has gone up immensely compared to the private options, while their service level has declined. You actually get worse treatment if you have public health care in Germany. The clerk will take your card, and if you're public, you wait longer and get less service. If you're private, doctors love you. A doctor of mine said he wouldn't be able to run his practice if it were not for privately insured patients, because the government pays badly and often late. Try arguing with the government about not paying their bills (btw - my father had the same experience working in a wound clinic for older folks - medicare wouldn't pay, he quit when it took 9 months to get his first check). The public health care has gotten so bad that the German government has now actually FORBIDDEN most people to choose the private option. That's right, unless you earn 50,000€ ($70,000) or more per year for at least three years in a row, you are not allowed to leave the public health care system. Why? Because everybody would do it, and the system would break.
Comment #136 - Posted by: Bleicke at July 22, 2009 2:06 PM from Crossfit.com comments
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