Most systems of health care financing in EU member states currently include elements of income redistribution. The paper analyzes the effects of shifting this kind of redistribution to the tax system and argues that this reform could create two types of efficiency gains. On the expenditure side,...

Die Einführung einer Pauschalprämie in der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV) wird von wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Experten schon seit Jahren gefordert. Der Kompromiss, der zwischen CDU und CSU gefunden wurde und von Christa Stewens, bayerische Sozialministerin, hier erläutert wird,...

Most systems of health care financing in EU member states currently include elements of income redistribution. The paper analyzes the effects of shifting income redistribution entirely to the tax system, while confining public health systems to their insurance role. We argue that this reform...