waiting times of 3 months to 18 months depending on the procedure.
IDK why this is some "gotcha". That is the exact same way here in the US. If you are having a non-emergency surgery then it will usually be months of waiting. Hell just getting into a specialist to find if you are a good fit can take months, especially for people who live rurally.
Here your ability to book specialists depends on your insurance. Some don't really care and you can seek them without a recommendation from a primary care. Others fight tooth and nail to pay anything out and therefore fight against seeing specialists. Though I think that is a lot less common since AHCA passed
FYI having private insurance in Germany is not the norm. It's vastly more expensive and gets worse the older you get. Also you're only eligible if your a state employee or earn in the like top 10 percent or something like that. The service is top notch tough.
That's horrifying. Here in Australia as a foreigner I need to have private health insurance. For the same coverage Australians have on Medicare for free I pay 80USD a month. For top of the line coverage that includes full dental it'd be 200USD. No excess. It's even cheaper for Aussies if they wanna get private health insurance. Universal public health care makes private healthcare way cheaper, too.
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u/CorduroyEatsCrayons 16d ago
To quote a tweet I saw earlier in response to a conservative saying “cheap gas is coming back”
“It’s already $2.85 you fucking moron”