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SunSeeker

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20. Germany does have univsersal multi-payer coverage.
Sun Apr 12, 2020, 05:38 AM
Apr 2020

Although many Germans spend money on premiums, Germany still manages to cover 100% of its population. In the United States, about 8.8% of the population remains uninsured, which equates to about 28 million people. Even more Americans are underinsured. No one goes bankrupt in Germany because of medical care costs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/germany-s-health-care-system-model-u-s-n1024491

There are subsidies for Germans who cannot afford coverage. And there are not the huge copays/deductibles like in the US.

As you said, you chose to keep your "Blue Cross coverage from the States," so you are covered. You seem to have a odd situation that is not representative of typical German citizens, or even US ex-pats, as demonstrated by the American living in Germany interviewed at the above link. She loves her German health coverage. She is paying a lot less for her insulin; she says drug copays in Germany are never more than 5-10 Euro. She was paying $100/month in the US.

Have you applied to be a German citizen?


Thank you for this realty check, SunSeeker.. Cha Apr 2020 #1
Reality is the enemy of right wing bullshit! SunSeeker Apr 2020 #3
Yes it is and it will bring them down. Cha Apr 2020 #9
A couple of things come immediately to mind. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #2
By population, we are not even close to China and India, yet they have lower rates. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #6
How confident can we be in their numbers? PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #7
How confident are you in our numbers? SunSeeker Apr 2020 #13
No, I am not saying it is all fake news. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #15
So you trust China's numbers over Cuomo's? former9thward Apr 2020 #24
I trust Cuomo's more than China, but even NY's numbers are underreported. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #34
We are way down the list. former9thward Apr 2020 #42
So now that it is obvious the data doesn't support your assertion... SunSeeker Apr 2020 #43
The point is not to trust China's numbers jimfields33 Apr 2020 #26
The point is, even if you totally disregard China's numbers, Trump's response has been awful. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #35
I'm Confident In Our Numbers ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #33
I live in CA and love Newsom. But I know our numbers are underreported. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #36
100 % of them dont have Trump as president. nt. drray23 Apr 2020 #4
They actually care for their people and hulmanity. Cha Apr 2020 #10
I check out the charts and graphs at this link several times a day BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #5
A word of caution DFW Apr 2020 #8
Oh please. Germany is testing twice more per capita than the US. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #11
Here in Germany, we are not impressed DFW Apr 2020 #16
Everything is relative. You have universal health coverage. We don't. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #17
Where in the world did you hear that we had universal health coverage here? DFW Apr 2020 #19
Germany does have univsersal multi-payer coverage. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #20
Do you live there? Somebody from Germany gives a on the ground observation jimfields33 Apr 2020 #27
I go by documented evidence. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #37
But no other countries have trump duforsure Apr 2020 #12
Trump is a cancer on the world. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #14
Thanks for posting! BlueMTexpat Apr 2020 #18
Love it! SunSeeker Apr 2020 #21
I've noticed customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #22
Thousands of dead Americans because of Trump's corruption will ALWAYS look bleak. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #32
All I can say is customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #39
This isn't about comparing Trump to Hillary. It's about comparing Trump to South Korea. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #41
Another way to look at this KatyMan Apr 2020 #23
Exactly jimfields33 Apr 2020 #28
What is that clappy "truth"? That we're the best of the 12 worst of 195 countries? SunSeeker Apr 2020 #31
Any way you look at it, 94% of the world's countries have lower deaths per 1 million. nt SunSeeker Apr 2020 #30
1) It is not only right wing yacking about "per capitia" even on DU its has been pointed out. jmg257 Apr 2020 #25
And 99.49 percent of countries Turbineguy Apr 2020 #29
The US is actually 14th, that link left off San Marino and Andorra (micro states, but your OP Celerity Apr 2020 #38
What's so sad is so many countries relied on us to see what to do, and Trump completely botched it. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #40
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