According to the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany it is unconstitutional if members of the mandatory insurance against long-term care have to pay contributions that are not conditional on the number of their children. This article takes a critical view on child-related...

One institutional peculiarity of the German health care system is the division of health insurance into public and private spheres. Another one is the financing of public insurance. Contribution payments are wage-related and shared between employers and employees. The article presents a...

"Who pays what and to whom?" This is one of the central questions in the German health care system. This question must be answered to guarantee a sustainable system of financing. Taxes, social security contributions, health insurance premiums, co-payments, and out-of-pocket expenditures are...