Zu den drängendsten Aufgaben der Gesundheitspolitik gehört eine durchgreifende Finanzierungsreform der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung. Welche Möglichkeiten einer nachhaltigen Finanzierung des Gesundheitswesens sind in der Diskussion?

Elements of regulation inherent in most social health insurance systems are a uniform package of benefits and uniform cost sharing. Both elements risk to burden the population with a welfare loss if preferences differ. This suggests introducing more contracted choice; however, it is widely...

Regulation fostering Managed Care alternatives in health insurance is spreading. This work reports on an experiment designed to measure the amounts of compensation asked by the Swiss population (in terms of reduced premiums) for Managed-Care type restrictions in the provision of health care. It...

This contribution seeks to answer two related questions. First, what is the purpose of social health insurance? Or put in slightly different terms, what are the reasons for social (or public) health insurance to exist, even to dominate private health insurance in most developed countries? And...