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     Re: Re: Fido Gazette   
     By: Gerhard Strangar to Brian Klauss on Fri Jan 22 2021 07:28 am   
      
    > In Germany healthcare is mandatory for employees, meaning everyone working   
    > here pays for it - but then also gets covered. You pay 14,6% of your income,   
    > but at least 190 EUR, at most 700 EUR per month. Half of it is taken from   
    > your gross income, half of it from your net income.   
    > For that you get coverage for you, your wife/husband and children, als long   
    > as they live in Germany, are not employed, no freelancers and no civil   
    > servants. In case of illness, the employee gets payed up to six weeks by the   
    > employer, after that they get 70% of their gross income from the healthcare   
    > system for up to 78 weeks.   
      
    > And while it's nice to get treatment when you need it, I prefer paying for   
    > it without requiring treatment.   
      
   About five years ago I was asked to relocate to Germany from the US (my   
   company was German) with my wife and children.  The option to move looked very   
   rewarding and promising.  I weighed the overall expense as well as the public   
   versus private option (due to compensation) and still needed more input.  When   
   talking with my German colleagues, it was all over the place between public   
   and private.   
      
   I ended up choosing against the relocation due to health reasons and the   
   potential that I'd be denied healthcare for extenuating circumstances while on   
   a work visa..   
      
   Your last sentence, can you clarify what you mean?   
      
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