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[Q] Health insurance system, education etc in other countries!


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Hello, AVEN people!

Since internet has been pretty useless for me regarding these topics, I decided to seek help from you. I hope this isn't too demanding, although that's pretty much how I see it, but I have nobody else to turn to at the moment. I don't know many foreigners, especially ones who can actually give me this information. And since on AVEN there are people from all over the world, I've decided to try my luck here and hopefully find someone who has the knowledge or knows somebody who does.

So, as to what the hell exactly is this post about - I want to learn more about the education and health system that is implemented in other countries, especially the ones in the scandinavian countries, as they have proven to be the most well established, working and stable in the world. I'm also interested in how things are in eastern asian countries.

If you can provide me with these countries' constitution, legislation, any kinds of pandect, regulations preferably on english, but any other languages are okay too, I can't express how thankful I would be!

Or if you know somebody who has the knowledge in the face of a sociology/political science major, a political party person or anyone else involved in this field of work who is willing to help, please approach me.

Why I would need this kind of information? Well, obviously things in my country haven't been well for a long time. As recently I see the potential for this to change, I would love to gain knowledge that's been obtained through experience. All in all, I believe in order for things to really change we need to take accurate, well thought steps, implemented based on indebth monitoring of the situation, the correlation between it's problems and the system's shortcomings, and finding the best way to neutralize the negative components.

If you read the whole thing, thank you for the afford!

Again, excuse me for being so demanding and have a great one!

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Something I found that might help.

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Germany

(I'd just like to say I'm not an expert, but I'll try to give as much detail as I can.)

 

Education:

At the ages 4-5 kids go to preschool which is already somewhat educational, but mostly tries to teach kids morals (eg.: you don't make fun of other kids, etc.) and to sit still for a while (like in school).  The actual school system starts at ages 6-7 (sometimes earlier, sometimes later, there are always exceptions) and you are in elementary school for 4 years. Then you go to highschool for the next 6, 8 or 9 years. Each state has its own rules and regulations on the specifics so there might be some differences depending on that. In Germany they also try to do a lot of classes where the kids teach themselves (or find the information by themselves). 

 

Health system:

In Germany there is a state-funded health insurance that everybody gets. (I don't know what else to say to this... if you have any questions please ask)

 

Constitution:

The constitution is called the "Grundgesetz" and it specifies the rights, rules and political systems. (Here again, if you have any questions, just ask)

 

 

Legislation:

I just found this. It's pretty detailed...: 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Germany

Generally the concept can be summarized by saying: the German political system is based on the concept of the seperation of powers (legislative, executive, judiciary), which are all controlled by the press (the so-called "fourth power").

 

If you have any questions about what I wrote, please ask me.

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I'm from America. As everyone else knows, there's no country on earth better than America which of course means we're just about the same as everybody else. We just don't realize it.

 

There are some differences though, particularly in the health care system. As one ages they begin to interact with it more and more. I spent 28 years as a state employee and my health insurance was paid for me. All I needed to do was choose what plan I wanted every year. I would have simply liked to keep the same plan indefinitely but we Yanks love our capitalism so I was forced to participate in the free market.  God bless America.  I shouldn't complain, though. I was enjoying many of the benefits of socialism in a country that hates socialism. Or was it communism? It's definitely terrorism these days. Whatever. After retirement I had to pay for things myself. Sort of. This country's first African American president set up Affordable Health Care.  "Obamacare" was a federal subsidy for people who had difficulty paying for health insurance. Like me. There's no such thing as a free lunch in this country meaning by law now everyone in America was required to have some form of health insurance. No lunch but at least the coffee was free. Insurance companies can not refuse health insurance to those with health problems. Health insurance used to be only for healthy people. Not anymore.  I actually retired with a full pension which isn't something everyone receives these days. However this is a fixed income and I have to be careful how I spend it. Mr. Obama to the rescue! Affordable Health Care rebates me half of what my insurance premium costs me - but wait, there's MORE!!! It seems the state set up an insurance fund for me which rebates the other half. There's a certain amount of paperwork involved but at least I don't directly have to pay for health insurance. "Free" health insurance will continue for another year at which point I'll be 62 and can start to receive something called Social Security. My tax money funded it and it will double the amount of money I will receive every month.  Of course it means I'll need to declare this to Affordable Care and this in turn means my subsidy will decrease. Oh well, nothing's perfect. My state fund will eventually become depleted but lo-and-behold a program called Medicare will start to cover additional costs. More paperwork. Then, well after half a century of paying insurance premiums I'm actually going to use my health insurance for something! I need two cataracts removed if I want to continue to drive and the insurance will doubtlessly help with this expense. 

 

It better ... !!

 

Constitution? Like the American version? In the preamble Jefferson wrote all men are created equal.  What he really meant was all men who are the same are created equal. Nothing about women whatsoever. You see, Mr. Jefferson was wealthy enough to buy just about anything he wanted. This included people. We called them "slaves" although that was the polite term. Jefferson treated his slaves well though. He even had children by them. This meant of course he could have sold his own children if his agricultural endeavor failed and he faced bankruptcy.  Fortunately it never did.  Slavery continued in America until our great Civil War in which Lincoln declared that slavery was illegal.  The original constitution has been amended since it was first written.  One amendment made the sale of alcohol illegal. This really encouraged the growth of organized crime in this country so another amendment made alcohol legal again. Unfortunately it was too late. The mafia is here to stay.  One item in our constitution which is particularly contentious is gun ownership. The constitution says citizens have the right to bear arms and many conservative Americans cherish their semi-automatic assault rifles.  Something called the National Rifle Association works hand and hand with congress to keep guns available and affordable. Maybe a bit too much. America is riddled with shootings of all kinds. Despite all the murder and mayhem it seems things never change in terms of gun violence. The NRA is here to stay along with the mafia which doubtlessly staunchly supports it.

 

BTW : sometimes I think our current president is actually the head of the mafia. Either that or a Russian spy., 

 

I spent 12 years in the American Catholic educational system. Those old nuns made damn sure we could all read and write. This isn't always the case in the public school system. There are also racial differences. I knew a black coworker who attended an equally black public school. She had no idea what Hiroshima was all about. I felt sorry for her and helped tutor her as she tried to get a degree in criminal justice. I suppose I was her public school system. One other difference I noticed was that drugs and/or violence were not tolerated in Catholic schools. Engaging in either could get one expelled immediately. Violence is often common in public schools, especially the inner city ones.   

 

 

 

 

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6 hours ago, hopeisnotlost said:

Something I found that might help.

In the US, you have to legally go to school (or be home-schooled) until you are 16 years old.  

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12 hours ago, Sally said:

In the US, you have to legally go to school (or be home-schooled) until you are 16 years old.  

Depends on the state.As the guy in the video points out most states have their own law on what is alternative education.In Maryland the law  says you have to got to regular school unless regular thorough instruction  during the school year  in studies usually taught to children of the same age. I thought it was a good video on alternatives to regular school

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In the UK we have the National Health Service (NHS). Rather than pay for health care through health insurance we just pay for it through our taxes instead. One advantage of this is that everyone theoretically has equal access to 'free' health care. In reality this isn't the entire truth as different areas can choose what they provide to a certain degree so there isn't equal access to the same services. 

A disadvantage of it being free is that it's open to massive abuse. If you don't have to worry about the possibility of getting a bill for thousands of pounds then why not use it for all your most basic health care needs rather than learn to look after yourself. 

As medicine progresses, and manages to keep people alive who (In a number of cases) really shouldn't be, the NHS gets shorter and shorter on cash as we fight to stop these people from dying. As such a small (but ever increasing) proportion of the population take up most of its resources leaving everyone else with the meagre services that are left.

 

 

The rest I can't really comment on.

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