I know Germany has a public / private system. Private insurers reimburse more, so they’re more desirable from the perspective of medical professionals. But there is a public baseline that Germans can fall back on. This is second hand info though so take it with a grain of salt.
My understanding was that usually people get private insurance through their job. The other poster who answered me seems to indicate you can get private insurance on your own, so I seem to have been wrong.
You are required to have health insurance in germany. If you choose private you often get better service (which technically is illegal) but you can save money when you are young and can only leave and move back to public until a certain age.
Most people just have public health care since that is safer since you dont have to upfront costs. You are always insured, no matter your state of employment.
(theoretically at least, some people fall through the net but that is a different topic)
I know Germany has a public / private system. Private insurers reimburse more, so they’re more desirable from the perspective of medical professionals. But there is a public baseline that Germans can fall back on. This is second hand info though so take it with a grain of salt.
That’s not health insurance tied to a job.
My understanding was that usually people get private insurance through their job. The other poster who answered me seems to indicate you can get private insurance on your own, so I seem to have been wrong.
You are required to have health insurance in germany. If you choose private you often get better service (which technically is illegal) but you can save money when you are young and can only leave and move back to public until a certain age. Most people just have public health care since that is safer since you dont have to upfront costs. You are always insured, no matter your state of employment. (theoretically at least, some people fall through the net but that is a different topic)