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it's the same in EU (I'm from Poland). You work, you have health insurance. Kids are connected with their parents insurance. There is always someone who pays.
by skirge 2y ago
it's the same in EU (I'm from Poland). You work, you have health insurance. Kids are connected with their parents insurance. There is always someone who pays.
- Henchman21 2y agoI think we're all ready for that someone to be the super wealthy who can afford literally anything until they're tapped out and destitute.
- InsideOutSanta 2y agoI'm not sure if you understand how it works in the US, but it's common for your employer to provide you health insurance as part of your employment. This is different from (as far as I know) all countries in the EU. Either there is government-provided basic healthcare, like in the UK, or there is a heavily regulated, compulsory, privatized or partially privatized healthcare system (like Germany, afaik).
- ghaff 2y agoIt's common to provide subsidized-health insurance as part of employment. Never worked anywhere that is was all covered. Where I used to work people had private health insurance in the UK as well as their NHS coverage.
- InsideOutSanta 2y agoThat's in addition to your normal healthcare, which will cover all of the essentials.
- skirge 2y ago"basic" is "take paracetamol and stop drinking/smoking". Anything else requires insurance so you need to work.
- InsideOutSanta 2y agoWhat country are you talking about? If it's the UK, this is not true.
- formerly_proven 2y agothat's just german healthcare if you're under 60
- InsideOutSanta 2y agoThe German healthcare system covers hospital care, emergency services, some preventative care, prescription medication, some dental care, mental health care, it includes maternity care, it even covers sick pay.
- danielbln 2y agoAnd you literally cannot be without health insurance unless you make a significant amount of money. If you're unemployed your health insurance will be paid by the state.
- piva00 2y agoSo if you aren't employed in Poland you don't have access to emergency services or able to schedule an appointment to check a skin growth? That's rather odd.
- skirge 2y agoit's complicated. When you are drunk you have access to emergency service. If you are sober you need insurance. Any skin growth or whatever worries you (which means you are in smaller part of population which cares about their own health) you check on private appointment right now or in two years in public health care.
- fabian2k 2y agoThis is certainly not universal in the EU. And one of the main problems with this in the US is that you lose your health insurance when you lose your job. You don't lose it in Germany when you lose your job, who pays for it changes though.
- Glyptodon 2y agoIn Poland do people keep working while dying from cancer to maintain their insurance coverage?
- skirge 2y agowe die waiting for anything
- Gud 2y agoThis is wrong and is not at all a universal model in the EU.