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THE BENEFITS ON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN GERMANY

Any German who needs after-hours care can call a central number and get connected to a doctor. Around 11 p.m., a woman with a fever called Juergen. She wanted him to make a house call. They talked for maybe five minutes, in the end agreeing that she would come into his office in the morning.A situation like this would be unlikely in the United States. Americans might not get through to a doctor at all, let alone have a discussion about whether the physician should make a house call in the middle of the night to treat a case of flu. Many people in germany do this all the time and doctors dont have a problem with answering their phone in the middle of the night to answer it.

Sabina and Jan Casagrandes say they've had really good care from the German health system. And they've used it a lot. Sabina is American, Jan is German. They live in a fourth-floor walkup with their two little girls in Cologne, an ancient city on the Rhine in western Germany. Sabina's health insurer paid a friend to shop, cook and even help care for the baby until Sabina was back on her feet. That's not unusual in Germany. In fact, under the country's system for long-term care, family members can choose to be paid for taking care of a frail elder at home if they want to avoid nursing home care.Basing premiums on a percentage-of-salary means that the less people make, the less they have to pay. The more money they make, the more they pay. This principle is at the heart of the system. Germans call it "solidarity." The idea is that everybody's in it together, and nobody should be without health insurance.

As you all heard and read about the Health Care System in Germany i would think that Germany has a pretty good system for everyone because like i said before people in Germany take care of eachother and well i think thats pretty good. [|.] Even those that do provide benefits, of course, generally do not cover the full cost of the insurance premium. Most cover just a small fraction of that cost, and relatively few cover a majority of the expense [] problems