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No. You can leave the public insurance system at any time, and get a private insurance. But if you have ever done so, you can never return into the public syst
by kuschku 9y ago
No. You can leave the public insurance system at any time, and get a private insurance.
But if you have ever done so, you can never return into the public system.
- germanier 9y agoYou cannot leave at "any time". To qualify, you need to have an income of over 59k € or be a freelancer. For most others (which is most of the population) private insurance is not possible. You can however purchase additional insurance on top of the public one.
- kuschku 9y agoWell, this is HN, a forum for mostly software engineers, so an income of over 59k€ should be expected. You are right, though, if one considers the average citizen.