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Originally Posted by Kostas
Sure? Never heard that before...
Actually I've never heard of a privately run health care system in any EU country.
But I could be wrong. Would like to hear more about that too...
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I may have been wrong. It seems there is still a state component to health insurance:
"With the exception of about 2 million permanent civil servants, and the self-employed, Germans who earn below Euro 3,862 gross salary per month in 2004 must join one of the 300 statutory sickness funds. Those above the mandatory insurance threshold may opt out of the state system and buy private insurance instead but many opt to remain in the state system - 10 per cent of the population are voluntarily insured."
More at:
http://www.civitas.org.uk/pubs/bb3Germany.php