German health reform "will need more that 0.5% premium rise"
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The German coalition government's proposal for a 0.5% rise in the premium paid by salaried employees (see Clinica No 1215, p 3) will almost certainly not be adequate cover the accumulated debts of the statutory sickness funds. So said Doris Pfeiffer, head of the white collar worker sickness fund, VdAK/AEV.