Re:Why Is College in America So Expensive?
by StreamBright on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @05:58PM
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Exactly this. In Germany the private insurance is actually cheaper than the public one, you can purchase private on the top of public and so on. As a result of a much freer market the prices are much lower.
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Re:Why Is College in America So Expensive?
by denzil_correa on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @06:19PM
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> In Germany the private insurance is actually cheaper than the public one
Well, the public insurance is a percentage of your income. The private one is based on many opaque factors. Private cheaper than public would be a more than a stretch without appropriate qualifiers.
Re:Why Is College in America So Expensive?
by StreamBright on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @06:27PM
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Sure, in my situation this is the case. I am not sure about others or how much percentage of the population has the same situation.
Re:Why Is College in America So Expensive?
by mamon on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @12:30AM
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And what exactly does this private insurance cover? In Poland private healthcare is fine for healthy young people that occasionally catch a cold, or have their ankle sprinkled, because it saves a lot of wait time.
Treating any serious illness (think heart attack, cancer, diabeties, etc.) is either insanely expensive or not covered at all by private insurers, so public health care is your only chance here.