Subj : Re: Snitch Country
To   : Dale Shipp
From : Ward Dossche
Date : Fri Aug 19 2022 01:36 pm

DS> Yes, I have insurance and that insurance paid it all.  I pay a
DS> reasonable amount for that insurance.
DS> You have insurance.  I suspect that it is paid for in part or in total
DS> by your government.

Hmmmmmm .... it's different organized here than overthere.

Everybody here is mandatory included in the government organized national health insurance ... there are no private companies involved ... and the government has outsourced the running of this plan to a number of non-for-profit organizations. That's basically it. As a result a doctor's appointment costs something like 3,27 Euro per visit, let's say US$3.00 more or less. Medication which has been approved is virtually free at a ridiculous low cost. That includes dental work, physiotherapy, midwifery ... practically anything within the medical realm...

There is a portion withheld from the salary which is called "social contributions" and part of that health insurance system is funded from that source. Everybody benefits from it in our country, with similar systems in the surrounding countries and most, if not all, of Europe. "Everybody" meaning exactly that, including the ones that cannot make that social contribution ... the poor ... the socially disadvantaged. Hospitals are subsidized with it, the best equipment, the best care.

Young kid here needed a drug for a disease of which there are less than a 100 cases worldwide, cost over 2.000.000 Euro ... it was free to the family and paid for by the national healthcare treasure chest.

On top of that I pay a 34 Euro premium monthly which covers the family for whatever which is not covered. That'll take care of a private room, docter surcharges, medication which has not been approved (e.g. some experimental cancer drugs).

So no private insurance companies making a big buck, no Obama-care, no anything-else-care ...

And, yes, abortion is also financed out of that money-pot because it's basic health-care for women, as it is in any enlightened country.

So it is 'free' but someone/something always pays.

How does it work in your case?

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