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Originally Posted by Angst
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 |
I see what you mean. As far as I understand (reading carefully):
- only 10% of the population is voluntarily insured. The other 90% of the population is covered by statutory funds. Like in many other countries, these funds are partly financed with statutory levies on wages paid both the employer and the employee. But it is a public statutory health system.
- 92% of bed hospitals are public or run by non-profit organizations