Reforming Germany's health insurance system
Author: Webber, Douglas INSEAD Area: Economics and Political SciencePublisher: Fontainebleau : INSEAD, 2007.Language: EnglishDescription: 24 p.Type of document: INSEAD CaseNote: Latest version available via https://publishing.insead.edu • See also the background note The German policy making processAbstract: The case portrays the effort made by the German Grand Coalition (Christian and Social Democratic) government to change the country's notoriously reform-resistant statutory health insurance system and thus contain rising non-wage labour costs.Pedagogical Objectives: The objective of the case is to identify the variables that typically shape domestic policy decisions in Germany and to explore to what extent a Grand Coalition government comprising the country's two biggest political parties can circumvent the obstacles that generally make radical changes in German public policy difficult if not impossible.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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See also the background note The German policy making process
The objective of the case is to identify the variables that typically shape domestic policy decisions in Germany and to explore to what extent a Grand Coalition government comprising the country's two biggest political parties can circumvent the obstacles that generally make radical changes in German public policy difficult if not impossible.
The case portrays the effort made by the German Grand Coalition (Christian and Social Democratic) government to change the country's notoriously reform-resistant statutory health insurance system and thus contain rising non-wage labour costs.
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