Summary The double ageing of the population leads to income redistribution from future to present generations as net payments to social health insurance are negative at young age and positive at old age. Economists arguing in favour of flat health insurance premiums combined with ageing...

Zusammenfassung Ein erklärtes Ziel der Sozialpolitik ist es, aus temporärer keine permanente Armut werden zu lassen. Diesem Ziel steht häufig die Verschuldung des Haushalts entgegen, die zur Zeit im Zuge der Lohnpfändung dazu führt, daß das Einkommen, welches das betreibungsrechtliche...

Summary Health care may be similar to the work Sisyphus, a Greek hero who was condemned by the Gods to push a big rock up a hill only to see it slip out of his hands before making it to the top. To see why there my be a Sisyphus syndrome in health, consider an initial decision to devote more...