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One benefit for other countries is experience. Germany, where a national healthcare system started when the country did (originally Krupp offered it to their em

One benefit for other countries is experience. Germany, where a national healthcare system started when the country did (originally Krupp offered it to their employees), when Germany became a country in the late 19th century, they adopted Krupp's ideas on a national scale. I have a relative that works in a Doctor's office in a small town in Germany, she sometimes drives them on house calls. People there don't worry about getting health care or paying for it, however on weekends and evenings you do have to drive to another town to get care. No system is perfect, but it generally involves little stress to the "customers" other than inconvenience. Also in Germany when you have surgery people are commonly sent to rest "resorts" to recover, so that when they return to work they are over the surgery. Her town is filled with these places because there are a lot of walking paths and nature for people to enjoy. All paid by the healthcare system. Of course they have challenges paying for this, yet it's still half of what the US pays per capita. No one gets rich working in healthcare in Germany, but no one goes bankrupt using it.

kazen44 9y ago
> No one gets rich working in healthcare in Germany, but no one goes bankrupt using it. the notion that one should get rich working in healthcare is a strange one to me? You work in healthcare because you want to help other people in getting a healthy (and hopefully happy) life? Money should not be the prime motivator for working in healthcare in my opinion. a good example of this is my S.O, which works in specialized care for the mentally ill. She makes around 30K euro's a year (which is slight below the global average in NL). Its a decent wage, it's not going to make you a millionare. It's a very demanding job in terms of working hours, stress and physical labour but the energy she get's from it makes it absolutely worth it for her. Money should not be your prime motivator in life.
- Endy 9y ago
  If only you could convince most of America of that last point. I am reminded of the 'temporarily embarrassed millionaires' quote about Americans and socialism.

kazen44 9y ago

> No one gets rich working in healthcare in Germany, but no one goes bankrupt using it. the notion that one should get rich working in healthcare is a strange one to me? You work in healthcare because you want to help other people in getting a healthy (and hopefully happy) life? Money should not be the prime motivator for working in healthcare in my opinion. a good example of this is my S.O, which works in specialized care for the mentally ill. She makes around 30K euro's a year (which is slight below the global average in NL). Its a decent wage, it's not going to make you a millionare. It's a very demanding job in terms of working hours, stress and physical labour but the energy she get's from it makes it absolutely worth it for her. Money should not be your prime motivator in life.

Endy 9y ago
If only you could convince most of America of that last point. I am reminded of the 'temporarily embarrassed millionaires' quote about Americans and socialism.