Im November hatte meine Freundin einen medizinischen Notfall und wurde mit dem Krankenwagen ins Krankenhaus gebracht. Heute erzählte sie mir, dass sie per Post eine Rechnung dafür bekommen habe. Einen Moment lang machte ich mir wirklich Sorgen, weil wir selten medizinische Kosten aus eigener Tasche bezahlen müssen.
Die Rechnung beträgt… 10 Euro.
https://i.redd.it/ea0czf5mhnxc1.png
Von nuclear_beans_
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Welcome to a country with compulsory health insurance!
Incidentally, a rescue helicopter would have cost the same if it had been the best alternative.
10 Euro is the maximum co-pay:
> Insured persons have to pay 10 percent of the fare, a minimum of 5 euros and a maximum of 10 euros per trip, but never more than the actual costs incurred as a statutory additional payment.
I think it’s straight-up the same provision as the one that applies to the co-pay for fulfilling prescriptions.
Plottwist: people who cannot afford the 10€ get it waived (there are a couple of bureaucratic paths this can go depending on the case)
I would have required to sell a kidney here in United States for a medical emergency that requires an ambulance. One of the reasons why I am looking into moving to Germany via skilled worker visa route.
Side note, I just realized that you pay the price according to the Tenth Book of SGB for summoning a medieval order of knights to spirit you away
Yeah it’s a bit of a stretch but…
Also I just remembered Praxisgebühr. Now I’m sad again.