Wow, 4 hours?! That seems like a long time to look into an emergency.
I really hope she will be well.
I am not so sure our health system is that great... I have learned that from Americans, there seems to be some misconception as they seem to think we have free health care here, but it's just that we have a mandatory health insurance here and I have to pay around 400€ healt insurance each month and they still don't cover a lot of it, like for example detal care. They cover so little of it, that I had dentist bills over 1000€ before.
We also have a "two class"-health system where some people like me are in the government owned healt insurances and some are in private ones. And if you want to go to the doctor, the first thing they ask you is whether you are in the one from the government or in a private one. If you are in a private one, you will get an appointment the same week, if you are in the one from the government, you will have to wait several months sometimes. I once had incredible pain in my kidney area, went to the doctor and they asked me whether I had a private insurance. I said no and they told me to just go to the hospital instead because they had no time for me.
I know some European countries, like for example scandinavian countries, have a better health system, where the health care is covered by taxes, so it's the same for everyone. But here you basically have to pay for it yourself. And if you need some big surgery, have something like cancer or need other expensive treatment, it certainly is good to have the insurance. But for people like me, who very rarely go to see a doctor, I am ending up paying more than what I am getting.
Oh, and people who are for example unemployed and have no income get paid their health insurance paid by the government, so no one ends up not being able to go see a doctor, but for people who just have a low inclome, that's not really helpful.
Our health system is probably still better than in the US, but I think it's not
that great. Also, it's a bit backwards - People with high income have a cut, where they just don't pay any more, while people with very low income have a minimum so they might end up having to pay 40% of their income for health insurance. And if you really earn that little, that might just leave you with not enough money to live from. I understand that some people think it is better to be unemployed and live from government benefits than to have a low-paying job. You just end up so much better when they pay your health insurance, your rent and you still get 350€ a month to spend just for food and other stuff for yourself. Many people with poorly paid jobs don't have that much after they paid for expenses like rent, health insurance, electricity and water bills, GEZ and so on...
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Yeha, makes sense!
