In any case, in Germany health insurance has come to be seen as a form of social welfare. The system loses more money every year, and there is no prospect of balancing accounts in the foreseeable future. But the system cannot be scrapped altogether, so Germans just have to do their best to reduce expenses and hope that spiraling costs will be brought under control.
無論如何，在德國，醫療保險已被視同社會福利，就算年年虧本，平衡開支永遠遙遙無期，也不可能關門大吉，只好儘量節流，期盼天文赤字能有自動「消腫」的一天了。