Hey I love Germany and its healthcare system but I don't think it works like that.
If you're a foreigner in Germany you still get charged. They have a mandatory but still opt-in health insurance system.
Hey I love Germany and its healthcare system but I don't think it works like that.
If you're a foreigner in Germany you still get charged. They have a mandatory but still opt-in health insurance system.
Usually you are not getting billed as a foreigner
My son got stung by a bee right to the neck while camping in Germany (thankfully he was fine). Visit to the local ER they checked him out etc (again, he was fine, but first bee sting and to the neck we had to play it safe).
Didn't cost anything but my signature on a piece of paper.
I live in America. But I'm originally from Ukraine. Therefore I have many friends and family from there and because of the current situation I've known many people that came and are still coming over from there and they keep asking the same question: you really have to pay for the ambulance?
Then I tell them ambulances are privet for profit companies. And you can see them loosing all faith in America.
Personal anecdote: my father died of cancer 4 years ago. When they were transferring him from the hospital to hospice the paramedics asked him if he was ready and Dad said yes, he was ready for the last car ride of his life... They sent us a 5000 dollar bill for a 15 minute drive.
We didn't pay it.
I would say this is normal in a society where people trust each other.
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