Patently stupid
Patently stupid
Posted Oct 12, 2012 10:10 UTC (Fri) by andresfreund (subscriber, #69562)In reply to: Patently stupid by cortana
Parent article: The Patent, Used as a Sword (New York Times)
> I would like to know what happens when you opt for private health insurance but then require a treatment that the insurance won't cover
They are required to provide a certain level of care to be allowed to provide the required insurance. There are things the GKV ("Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung" - the state organized insurance) provides which the PKVs ("Private Krankenversicherungen" - (partially) profit oriented insurances) don't have to, but I know of none that are life critical. Many of the things not necessarily payed by PKVs are in the somewhat affordable range.
They are required to provide a certain level of care to be allowed to provide the required insurance. There are things the GKV ("Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung" - the state organized insurance) provides which the PKVs ("Private Krankenversicherungen" - (partially) profit oriented insurances) don't have to, but I know of none that are life critical. Many of the things not necessarily payed by PKVs are in the somewhat affordable range.
Does that answer the question?
Posted Oct 12, 2012 10:43 UTC (Fri)
by cortana (subscriber, #24596)
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Patently stupid
Very informative, thanks :)