My sister knows lived in Frankfurt for 16 years. Then when she married my BIL he was stationed in the embassy for 3 more yrars. This was mid 90’s and she had to pay $700 dollars a month for the health insurance for the “free “ medical care.
Then when she had a still birth the hospital kept her in the bed for 24 hours and she developed deep vein thrombosis and almost died. That never would have happened in the states.
Nobody owns a home. They all live in apartments. And those are costly. I’ve been there a couple of times. You don’t want to live there.
I was stationed there in early 90s. I visited my German girlfriend in the hospital after she had to have surgery. There was no cost (to her) for the hospital but she had to pay for pain meds. The recovery room where I visited her was an open bay barracks style with wood floors. There were 4 or 5 rows 15-20 beds long. It was like something you see in WW2 movies.