Politics behind Germany's high contribution rates
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Despite cross-party efforts to reverse the situation, Germany's politicians cannot ignore the part they played in driving up health insurance fund contribution rates over the past three decades. This is the view expressed in a recently-compiled study on the financial burden of the statutory health insurance funds (GKV), by Professor Fritz Beske of the Fritz Beske Institute for Health System Research (IGSF), in Kiel.
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