Not on a theoretical level, but how would you practically have to pay costs, access specialist doctors?

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    1 year ago

    In edge cases it is possible to be uninsured though. For example mentally ill people who drop out of a job and fail to get their paperwork done will be uninsured after 3 months or so. Social workers need to help them, but sometimes the ill people hide or refuse help.

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      That is not correct anymore - they are absolutely insured as long as they are entitled to Bürgergeld,even if they don’t actually get it or have the three month block in it. The problem is more that the insurance works retroactively in that situation and they often are billed privately by health care providers (which is somewhat illegal) and some of these claims “stick”, especially if you don’t have the resources to fight it.