Or how else should one react when you're told how people who can't afford glasses don't get them paid for either by health insurance or social welfare offices. Health insurance companies aren't allowed to anymore, but social welfare offices only pay what health insurance would have paid — which is absurd, because that's precisely where people receiving social assistance need support, where the insurance companies won't pay. A society that treats poor people like dirt is simply undignified.
Our Berlin dimwits manage it so that we end up looking longingly at the American system because it's better than what we'll eventually have here ...