Today we traveled to Hannover, Germany to MHH medical school. We were greeted by a friendly professor/doctor who we were to have a medical discussion with. The discussion was intiated by the simple question "What do you all know about the German health care system?". Being the majority of us knew very little of the system, that one question resulted in a full blown interrogation of the German system. After a few Q&A I found my assumption of a low quality system to be incorrect and discovered their system has quite a few advantages for the lower middle class and very effecient for general medicine. The doctor was great at providing examples of why the system evolved to what it is today and how they go about financing all things medical in Germany. He also pointed out strengths of the American health care and areas his system could improve on. Though I still do not completely agree with the German medical system, I do see why so many similar systems have been implemented throughout the world today.
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