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Re:Total Cost of Her Covid-19 Treatment: $34,927.43 by t0mas88 on Saturday March 21, 2020 @10:51AM (#22646861)
Similar to Germany here: Insurance costs around € 100 per month per adult, kids under 18 are free. If you have a low income (below roughly 40k per year) you effectively pay less all the way down to zero (if your income is below about 14k per year), because the government pays part of your premium for you.
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Re:Total Cost of Her Covid-19 Treatment: $34,927.43 by Faark on Saturday March 21, 2020 @12:25PM (#22647618)
> 100€/month/adult

God I wish, it's about double that [0]: 162€ (health insurance) + 32€ (statutory nursing care insurance) for those making ~1k€/month or less. Not counting any gov support. Btw ~870€ seems to be the max, if you earn ~4700€/month or more.

And from what I remember there is a way to opt out of the public system and switch to private insurance, but this is kind of discouraged by being hard to switch back and requiring significant income in the first place.

> (german) https://www.tk.de/techniker/leistungen-und-mitgliedschaft/in...

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Re:Total Cost of Her Covid-19 Treatment: $34,927.43 by sumofi on Saturday March 21, 2020 @03:45PM (#22649354)
Mine costs around 700. But that's based on my salary. I hit the upper limit.

It is always reasonable and affordable.

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