You will quickly find the limits of private healthcare once a surgery or advanced treatment is necessary. Usually that it is not covered in your plan. Heck, even relatively simple specialist interventions will go beyond coverage.
In many countries they are great at routine care, no doubt, as they're just not overcrowded and that is the main reason for problems in public systems.
If you shift all the crowd there... well... they degrade much quicker and worse than public.
So, apples to apples. Fully public vs fully private systems.
You could say compare German system with US system which are almost completely mirror images except German one is many times cheaper.
Not true. For the small amount I am paying I am covered for one major surgery in a hospital per year. Hopefully I never have to use it. If I need two major surgeries in one year well then I'll pay for it. Sounds like I've got bigger issues.
More than one surgery per year I'm covered for surgery in the medical vehicle. So if I'm going beyond that, I think I'll take the extra 9220 that I'm saving every year and risk it! Call me crazy I think most of that money is going toward treating fat people and drug users.
In many countries they are great at routine care, no doubt, as they're just not overcrowded and that is the main reason for problems in public systems. If you shift all the crowd there... well... they degrade much quicker and worse than public.
So, apples to apples. Fully public vs fully private systems.
You could say compare German system with US system which are almost completely mirror images except German one is many times cheaper.