Kinds Of Sickness Funds in Germany 1
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Around 87% of the residents of Germany have statutory health insurance through the GKV which is a non-profit entity. The GKV relied on 321 non-profit sickness funds to pay health care providers in accordance with their agreement.Those who were not under this type of insurance , such as the civil servants and the self-employed, received individual (for profit) health insurance. About 250,000 people in Germany has no insurance at all because some of them are filthy rich that they can afford to pay for any and all liabilities they face. But majority of them are poor and avail of health care services through the government.