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No. You pay max insurance of around $24k pre tax in Germany for a family. But the rest is private fun. So in an unfortunate year with couple dental implants and
by lnsru 2y ago
No. You pay max insurance of around $24k pre tax in Germany for a family. But the rest is private fun. So in an unfortunate year with couple dental implants and few pairs of glasses your pay another $10k from your pocket. Tax authority will not agree, that medical expenses could be deducted and silly endless bureaucracy discussion starts again.
Edit: what I mean that mandatory insurance does not cover many important procedures.
- ceejayoz 2y ago> Edit: what I mean that mandatory insurance does not cover many important procedures. That's true for American insurance, too. As a bonus, our uncovered procedures are often wildly more expensive. "The cost for everything related to Helene Sula’s knee surgery was about $2,000, compared with $14,000 for the same treatment in America." - https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/germany-s-health-care-system-model-u-s-n1024491 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/germany-s-health-... I'm on a medication that costs $25k for a milliliter (which is, thankfully, covered by my $3,000/month health insurance). It's 1/10th that cost in the UK, even if you pay for it out-of-pocket. The US is entirely abberant in healthcare costs, even when factoring in public spending. https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/health-spending.html https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/health-spending.html
- aidenn0 2y agoThe most backwards thing about US healthcare costs is that it costs more if the insurance doesn't cover it. I got a bill for $75k when my insurance incorrectly denied a claim. After they accepted the claim, they negotiated a price of $27k for the same bill.