[Magdalen] celebrating at MGH

[Jay Weigel]

My understanding is that the German healthcare insurance system is done by
private insurance but is managed and regulated by the government. Does
anyone know exactly how it works? People I know who have lived in Germany
are quite enthusiastic about it.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 7:00 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> They're making money on it sure enough.  The question is whether or not it
> is worthwhile.  Financial institution this side of the pond are having to
> pay out for missold (in the sense that you did not need it or would not be
> able to claim on it) paymernt protection insurance. This has led to another
> group of "claims advisers" who solicit your claim to pass on to others to
> deal with and the financial institutions find it cheaper to settle rather
> than to contest dubious or ill-founded claims.
>
> Roger
>
> On 25/06/2015 19:23, ME Michaud wrote:
>
>> I don't buy this argument.
>>
>> Since I've been on Medicare, I've been INUNDATED with
>> offers of supplemental insurance. My mailbox runneth over.
>>
>> Can't imagine they're trying this hard to sell supplemental
>> insurance if they're not making any money on it.
>> -M
>>
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