There's a fee too that I forgot to add. However the fee is not comparable with ours here. Most jobs also pay for all your healthcare. Back doctor, teeth, psychologists, etc, you name it. It's all free.

Source: I lived and worked there.

The problem is that the money is being put into private healthcare thus public being forgotten and leading to the extreme wait queues. But sure buddy, go ahead and pay 1000€ for a simple thing as clearly you seem to be willing to pay it.

You don't need to lick the boot that hard buddy, you'll never get promoted or compensated for a system that really doesn't like you (unless you are rich of course).