- German public insurance is priced according to income, not health condition. Preconditions aren't a thing°
- You know that the treatment is covered before it begins. There are no surprise costs. There are rarely any costs at all, except for a 5-10€ deductible that cannot go above a certain monthly amount.
- It covers your dependents for free.
- It covers students for very cheap.
- It covers you in all of the EU, by law. This includes internships abroad.
Basically, you can trust your insurance to fully cover all necessary care, with no exceptions.
The US:
- insurance is largely tied to employer
- insurance providers go out of their way to not cover, well, a lot
- even having good insurance still often means you need to spend a significant amount of time fighting the bills
- you have to navigate the maze of "this doctor at this hospital is out of network"
- yes, you won't be turned away at the hospital even if you're uninsured, but you will be saddled with the bill
Rando on the Internet: how is this different?
> Now, you may quibble and say that
You may keep pretending that you you can invent the arguments for me.
I will not engage in this thread any longer. Adieu.