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In this paper we develop a stochastic dynamic general equilibrium overlapping generations (OLG) model with health as a durable good to study the life-cycle behaviors of health care spending and financing. We show that a calibrated version of our generalized Grossman model is able to match the...
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While risk selection within the German public health insurance system has received considerable attention, risk selection between public and private health insurers has largely been ignored. This is surprising since - given the institutional structure - risk selection between systems is likely...
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While risk selection within the German public health insurance system has received considerable attention, risk selection between public and private health insurers has largely been ignored. This is surprising since - given the institutional structure - risk selection between systems is likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294703
Mit dem GKV-Modernisierungsgesetz sollte die GKV-Ausgabenseite auf ein langfristig stabiles Fundament gestellt werden. Für die langfristige Sicherung der GKV-Finanzierungsseite gibt es hauptsächlich zwei alternative Reformkonzepte, nämlich Bürgerversicherungs- und Kopfpauschalenmodelle. Der...
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Die private (PKV) und die gesetzliche Krankenversicherung (GKV) werden durch die so genannte Friedensgrenze getrennt. Um die daraus resultierende Risikoselektion zu vermindern, wird die Einführung einer sogenannten Ausscheidegrenze nach niederländischem Vorbild mit Hilfe der...
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Der doppelte Alterungsprozess, der medizinisch-technische Fortschritt und die Pflegeleistungsdynamisierung bilden die wesentlichen Bestimmungsfaktoren für die Finanzierungsschwierigkeiten der GKV und GPV. So sind effektive Reformkonzepte nur auf der Ausgabenseite anzusetzen. Entsprechende...
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A common approach to avoid risk selection in health insurance markets is to define and enforce a community-rated basic benefit package. The market for complementary insurance is usually completely separate from the market for basic health insurance. In Switzerland, however, the basic benefit...
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In the absence of a perfect risk adjustment scheme, reimbursing health insurers' costs can reduce risk selection in community-rated health insurance markets. In this paper, we develop a model in which insurers determine the cost efficiency of health care and have incentives for risk selection....
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Gesetzliche Krankenversicherungen dürfen nach derzeitiger Auffassung des Bundesversicherungsamts aus Risikogründen Pensionsrückstellungen nicht in Form von Aktien anlegen. In der Arbeit wird gezeigt, dass in der hierfür maßgeblichen Gesetzesgrundlage (§80 Sozialgesetzbuch IV) bereits auch...
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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,...
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