Healthcare

The Year in Review: 2009 Highlights

January 10, 2010

Last year, among the blog highlights, were posts on German cuisine, universal health care, and WWII. It won some awards and it’s author had to take a break for health reasons.
It’s a new year, and so far I haven’t thrown up! I’m still weak and suffering from nausea, but I’m keeping food down and [...]

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Coming Home

December 31, 2009

Returning to the US has been a little different this time around. Because of my illness (hyperemesis gravidarum), I was incredibly homesick, something I haven’t been since moving to the Regensburg area three years ago. Despite the doctors in the hospital thinking I should stay longer, I needed to come home (my ob/gyn agreed to [...]

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Universal health care: Taking on the myths

August 27, 2009

This is the fifth and last post in my series on universal health care. The first was a description of the health care system in Germany, the second was my experiences in the German and the US systems, the third was reader submitted experienced with universal health care in [...]

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The Takeaway’s Healthcare Roundtables

August 26, 2009

As I announced yesterday evening on the AmiExpat Facebook page, all this week, national radio morning news show The Takeaway is doing Healthcare Roundtables and I’m going to be taking part in a discussion with other Americans living abroad on Friday. “The Takeaway… is a co-production of PRI (Public Radio International) and WNYC Radio in [...]

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To my German readers: What do you think of your healthcare?

August 22, 2009

I distant relative of mine wants to know: “german healthcare..it may be good it may be good for you BUT do all germans feel the same way ?“
So I’d like to hear from you. What do you think of the German healthcare system?

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Universal Health Care Around the World: Reader Experiences

August 21, 2009

This is the fourth post in my series on universal health care. The first was a description of the health care system in Germany, the second was my experiences in the German and the US systems, the third was reader submitted experienced with universal health [...]

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Health Care in Germany: Reader Experiences

August 20, 2009

This is the third post in my series on universal health care. I previously posted a description of the health care system in Germany, and my experiences with it compared to the US, but don’t just take my word for it, here are eleven reader experiences with health care in Germany that have been submitted [...]

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