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    $11 Prescriptions: What U.S. Health Care Can Learn From Germany

    Jun 24, 2019 2 minutes
    A secretary accepts 10 euros and a public health insurance card in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

    With Meghna Chakrabarti

    Germany has a private health care system like the U.S., but even the sickest patients rarely pay more than $11 for a prescription. How?

    Guests

    Noam Levey, writes about national health care policy out of Washington, D.C., for the Los Angeles Times. (@NoamLevey)

    Leigh Purvis, director of health services research at the AARP Public Policy Institute. (@leighdrugwonk)

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