Preventative care is also largely not covered on statutory public health insurance. Another important factor to consider is that private health insurance is not affected by demographic change. Public statutory health insurance in Germany is built upon the idea of solidarity – everyone pays to cover what is essentially a rapidly ageing population. This isn’t the case with public statutory health insurance. With private health insurance, you have the best possible range of treatment options and hospital choice should you contract Covid-19, including some that simply aren’t available on statutory public health insurance.

Source: The Local June 30, 2021 15:33 UTC