As I see it, the Germans couldn’t fathom Hitler or the Nazi’s either.
Wait until the full cost of their medical system becomes apparent. And Germany is not connected to a 3rd world continent which provides a never ending need for additional costs to the taxpayer. The Germans think Greece is hard to support. Try Latin America.
An Insurance Card is NOT the same as “Health Care”!
Equality of Coverage is NOT the same as “Quality Health Care”!
“Free” does NOT mean “Good”!
Not if insurers are free to refuse people with preexisting conditions.
Well ... no ... that might get you noticed. And then comes the Nacht und Nebel.
Do you notice that only government healthcare is called “healthcare”. As if this country has no healthcare at all unless its government operated.
That is a premise we should always totally reject.
Aw, c’mon Freepers! The Germans just love National Socialist Healthcare. Why shouldn’t we?
Fair enough,we can’t fathom Germany’s affection for leather shorts.
The author should familiarize herself with Bismarck’s Kulturkampf.
Marx was German. So was Hitler.
...’nuff said.
They perfected many cutting edge medical procedures.
I gotta say...as an ex-pat family living in Germany basically on the German health care system, we pay through the nose for health care here out of our taxes. But so far, no complaints with the service/treatment that we’ve received. I had a bike accident this week and thought my foot was broken. We went to the ER, paid our 10 euro co-pay, and I was treated & released in less than 90 minutes. My husband once needed an “all clear” report so that he could make a trip to India...on a Friday afternoon at 1 pm, he made an appt. with a Kidney doctor (last test had shown protein in his urine). The doctor saw him immediately, and by 6 pm he had his lab results back, clearing him for travel. So far the only problems we’ve had has been getting to see an opthamologist. In our city, the waiting time was about 2 months. Then we tried a smaller village nearby, and got an appt. within 2 weeks. They have here at most doctors’ offices a “Sprechestunde”, which basically is a daily 2 hour window where you can just show up without an appointment. One last story...my dad came for a visit a few summers back. He seemed very weak & could hardly walk, so I took him to our doctor, who discovered that he was suffering from congestive heart failure, and sent us immediately to the hospital. They performed several tests, a few procedures (heart cath, ablation, etc.) My dad had some other problems, and ended up staying in the hospital for 3 weeks. They wouldn’t accept his insurance, so we had to pay in cash for all his treatment. His total bill (including doctors care, hospital, EVERYTHING was 6100 euros (basically $8300 at the time.) All in all, I think the German health care is much better than the British system. But we do pay through the nose...
Most Germans believe that poor Americans don’t receive any treatment. They don’t know that poor Americans & illegal aliens can be treated at a local ER. They are just mis-informed.
So, the Germans would be pleased to pay for universal health coverage for every Turk or 3rd world refugees who snuck across their border
And the anchor babies, of course
Surely the Germans bestow citizenship and full benefits on anchor babies?
And then of course they’d be glad to pay even more taxes in reparations to everyone who was ever enslaved by the nazis, for the next 150 years
(crickets)
one word HITLER
Euro pigs should keep their opinions to themselves
Great: more foreigners who think they have all the answers to the US’s problems. :)
Maybe they can fix the EU before giving us advice.
And Americans cannot fathom socialism including German National Socialism.