DON wrote:We've got a different healt care system in Germany.
In the case of illness your job, your benefits and everything are protected by law.
And my familiy doctor is more a buddy to me rather than a doctor.
But it seems like our fucked up CDU/FDP gouvernement (they're much like the US-republican party - even worse I suppose) are going to change this soon at the expense of those who ain't got much

.
They fucked up almost everything:
College/university isn't for free anymore, longer assignements for nuclear power plants, women get less salary than man, racism and fascism is rising a bit more.....
I never voted for that crap parties and politicians.
Sorry to hear that things are getting screwed up over there. They've been screwed up forever here so we're used to it. But WOW, your system sounds amazing.
My dad had a surgery and was on disability for a couple of months, he kept getting new problems so eventually his work let him go. Now he's on unemployment and disability-which isn't a lot.
And Czarina, they said that a maximum of eight weeks, but I freaked out anyway. They always have to tell you the worst case scenario for legal reasons. Either way, I'm going to end up with two big scars on me.