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very interesting. I often thought about dropping out of the health-insurance-system but in Germany it's protected by law and is mandatory. You can only drop out if

  • you earn enough money throughout a year and decide freely if you want private insurance or none at all
  • when you are poor enough to having the welfare institute pay it for you (that's not a real drop out then).

I play with that thought once in a while, what I will let happen when I would get a heart attack or a stroke or anything of that kind. Did you make up your mind already? I am not certain but I think I'd rather die than to let me being taken to a hospital. ... Cannot say that for sure though...

I think life is risky and one can accept this as a matter of fact.

yeh life is risky but one things for sure, we're all gonna die and I would rather die naturally than be killed by iatrogenesis. For heart attack I hear the best remedy is a tsp of cayenne pepper in water. Apparently it's been tested and works. How can they make health insurance mandatory?

How can they make health insurance mandatory?

They did. Early on after WW II.
It's called a great achievement that Germany has "the best social security system".

Do you have any sources for the cayenne pepper?

I don't have any specific sources no, I did read they have done studies or a study on it and many doctors are aware of it but would have to go do a search which I'm not inclined to do right now as busy with other stuff. If I come across it again I'll let you know.
in UK it is kind of mandatory to pay national insurance but I stopped paying it years ago and no comeback so not sure how 'mandatory' that makes it.