Life without Health Insurance - More and More People Are Affected
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Thousands of people in Austria do not have health insurance. This can be seen from a study commissioned by the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK). Among these, for example, are people in precarious and precarious employment or Austrians who return from abroad after a long time.
In Germany, around 72,000 people are not covered by health insurance, according to official statistics. The dark figure is far higher. Relief organisations such as doctors in the world estimate that there are hundreds of thousands. Trend is rising. By Susanne Babila.
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der Standard DEA study by the ÖGK shows that many people are only using late medical assistance for fear of cost or shame
Above all, people with low formal education, in severe psychological crises and lack of social contacts have no insurance coverage.
According to the study on behalf of the ÖGK - for fear of cost or shame often only late medical help.
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