What is Healthcare in Germany?
[[Germany]] has a [[healthcare]] system paid for partly by [[Statutory law|statutory]] [[health insurance]] (''Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung'') and partly by private health insurance (''Private Krankenversicherung''). Patients are allowed to seek almost any type of care they wish whenever they want it. People with high incomes can just have private insurance, which is provided by 41 insurance companies. This also covers [[Civil servant|civil servants]] and the military. The statutory health insurance schemes, 110 of them, are mostly paid for by taxes paid by workers and their employers. Rich people who do not have jobs do not contribute. It is the world's oldest national social health insurance system, set up by [[Otto von Bismarck]] in 1883.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Germany Development of the Health Care System - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System|url=https://www.photius.com/countries/germany/society/germany_society_development_of_the_h~1372.html|access-date=2023-07-06|website=www.photius.com}}</ref> The system is decentralized with private practice doctors providing care in the community, and independent, mostly [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]], hospitals doing most of the care in hospitals. Adults in hospital have to pay €10-15 per day, up to a maximum of 28 days in a year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Federation|first=NHS Support|date=2023-06-26|title=Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS? - The Lowdown|url=https://lowdownnhs.info/nhs75/would-european-style-social-health-insurance-be-the-answer-to-the-problems-of-the-nhs/,%20https://lowdownnhs.info/nhs75/would-european-style-social-health-insurance-be-the-answer-to-the-problems-of-the-nhs/|access-date=2023-07-06|website=lowdownnhs.info|language=en-US}}</ref> Germany spent just under 13% of its [[gross domestic product]] on health in 2021. In 2022 that was '''€'''5879 per person. there were about