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In reply to the discussion: So where will the extra $16 trillion come from to pay for Sanders' plan? [View all]DFW
(60,398 posts)Each country does it differently. In Germany we have several hundred thousand that fall through the cracks and have no health insurance at all (among the poorest, of course--my wife is a German social worker, had to deal with these people every day). This is tiny compared to the USA, of course, but it's a bureaucratic swamp, with a rigid class system of health care. About 10-15% maybe have first class and the rest have second class. First class ("privat" ) means you get taken right away, single rooms at hospitals if available, and you pay up front and submit the bill to your insurance carrier later. Second class ("Kassenpatienten" )means they take you when it suits their schedule. If I had been that, I would have died years ago. I asked for a quote, since my employer is in the USA. I was quoted 2500 a month, or about $35,000 a year.