Which country are you in and what’s a typical doctor visit like? How much? Wait time? Etc

  • Luc@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    What sort of money does one need to spend in Sweden to get private health insurance? Can you stop paying the government one if you have that? (In Germany, I’m publicly insured so idk private prices, but you pay either one and not both, it’s not like normal taxes that you always pay)

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      You can’t opt out of government-provided health insurance. It’s not even really referred to as health insurance, it’s really just referred to as health care.

      I get my additional private health insurance paid for by my employer, so I never actually pay myself, but the same one seems to be going for about €110 a month.

      I don’t know that I would buy it if I had to pay myself, but I’m quite happy to get it for the small amount of additional taxes I have to pay on the benefit from the employer.

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        3 days ago

        Thanks! Good system that you can’t opt out imo, everyone needs to at least fund it even if (perhaps not good but idk) not everyone needs to also use it (thinking of rich people in power)