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The Health Care System in Germany – a Dinosaur in Perpetual Change
Dominik Naumann – presentation made by Eckhard Metze
Confederation of German Employer Organisations (BDA)
Social protection
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How people in Germany are insured
Compulsory vs. private health insurance system
Compulsory Income-dependent contributions (rich poor) Benefits as needed (healthy sick)
„Solidarity principle“
Private Contributions based on individual contracts Benefits as contracted
„Equivalence principle“
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Background – Bismarck´s social security laws
1883 Statutory health insurance 1884 Statutory accident insurance 1889 Statutory pension insurance scheme
1927 Imperial Institute for Labour Exchange and
Unemployment Insurance
1995 Statutory long term care insurance
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Financing public health insurance
Employers Employees
50 % 50 %
+ 0,9 % of their income
Contribution assessment ceiling at 47 250 €.Employees with annual income above 52 200 € and self-employed people have the choice between public and private insurance.For others, public health is statutory. But they can have additional private insurance, e.g. for dental prothesis.Not employed spouses and children up to 18 years of age or in education pay no extra contributions.
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The principle of self-government
Statutory Health Insurance Funds are public-law corporations. Representatives of employers and insurants make all decisions of
fundamental significance. They represent the interests of members independent from state
influence.
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Institutions of the German health system
Federal Ministry of Health: provides legal basis,
e.g. budgeting, financial equalization among funds.
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National Association of Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) Funds
Federal Associations of SHI-Funds
Insured persons
pay contributions
Physician
SHI-Funds
treatments
Federal Association of SHI-physicians
Associations of SHI-physicians
17 Regions
bargaining payments
Federal Joint Committee
Establishes guidelines,
approves new methods
Workplace health promotion
Occupational safety: Law Worklplace health promotion: Voluntary
Most common are… canteen food, back therapy training and relaxation techniques.
Big firms have more capabilities than small and medium firms.
Expenditures for health protection and prevention in 2011:
11,1 bn. €
42 % firms
36 % private households
21 % state
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Achievements of the firms
Sickness absence rate very low: 3,6 % in 2012 (5,9 % in 1970) Occupational accidents decreased by 43 % from 1995 to 2012 Occupational invalidity decreased by 39 % from 1995 to 2012
But: Return on investment for prevention is difficult to calculate.
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Politics: Redistribution in the public health insurance
Rich subsidize the poor Taxation? Healthy support the sick Young pay for the old Intergenerational justice? Singles subsidize families Discrimination?
Contribution rates are related to the wages, so rising wages lead to increasing non-wage costs for the employer
and rising contribution rates also lead to higher non-wage labor costs.
Finances of the public health insurance depend on employment,
both positive and negative.
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Taxing Wages, OECD 2013
A single without children with average income (44 811 € p.a.):
total tax wedge including employer´s
social security contributions 49,7 %
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Social insurance contributions
Tax
Development of public health contributions
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First of January each yearSource: Federal Ministry of Health, 2013.
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Figure 1.1. Income tax plus employee and employer contributions less cash benefits, 2012As a % of labor costs, by family-type1
Political discussion – after the reform is before the reform
Finance
Private and public insurers on one market – almost unique.
More or less redistribution?
Is it sustainable to keep contributions depending on wages?
Do short-time surpluses due to low unemployment provoke new permanent expenditures?
Expenditures
Are solidarity and personal responsibility in balance?
Which needs are really basic needs?
How can competition be implemented to improve quality and reduce costs?
How can we ensure efficient medical treatment in rural areas?
Hospitals: Too many?
Drugs: Too expensive?
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Thanks for your attention
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