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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by patryn20 on Sunday June 18, 2017 @05:51AM (#14579873)
British commonwealth countries seem to have health assessment/medical history checks.

Germany requires immigrants to have private health insurance until they are granted permanent residence/citizenship. That insurance can have restrictions on pre-existing conditions and/or be prohibitively expensive.

If you are already an EU citizen the rules can often be quite different than as a US passport holder.

I am not a global expert in immigration law though and I'm now going to research Italy. ;-)

Thank you!

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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by insulanian on Sunday June 18, 2017 @08:08AM (#14580317)
> Germany requires immigrants to have private health insurance until they are granted permanent residence/citizenship.

This is not true! I'm in Germany since 2012 and still don't have permanent residence permit, but have public health insurance from day one.

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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by patryn20 on Sunday June 18, 2017 @01:19PM (#14581703)
Well that is interesting. What is your original country of origin?
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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by mrunkel on Monday June 19, 2017 @01:55PM (#14588892)
Not the person you are responding to, but my wife is an American living in Germany and we have public insurance.

I think you're conflating a few different terms and perhaps not fully understanding what is meant by public and private insurance in Germany?

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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by germanier on Monday June 19, 2017 @05:44AM (#14585666)
Basically there are three classes of people: Those who need public insurance, those that need private insurance, and those that can choose between them. Who is in which class depends on many factors such as your type of work, income, and insurance history both in Germany and abroad. It does however not dependent on your citizenship or immigration status.
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