The renewed compromise on health reform again raises serious doubts about the feasibility of the result: Compulsory health insurance for all (as an introduction to general citizens’ insurance) is now intended to allay the concerns of private health insurance (PKV) that the basic tariff will only be selectively taken out by the uninsured only when […]
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Health Care Reform as an Entry Point into the Totalitarian Welfare State?
A truck driver who sits behind the wheel for 13 hours at night is immediately taken out of circulation, if he hasn’t already woken up in the ditch. The renewed compromise on health care reform probably came about in a similar way with a comparable result. Compulsory health insurance for all (as an introduction […]
How far does the temporal benefit obligation of the daily sickness benefits insurance extend?
There is known knowledge. These are things that we know we know. There is known ignorance. That is, there are things we know we don’t know. But there is also unknown unknowing. These are things we don’t know we don’t know.? (Donald Rumsfeld) Risks of providing advice on cover for loss of capacity to work: […]
Annoyance of the insurance intermediary: insurer rejects a customer
An insurance agent gets annoyed when “his” insurance company rejects a client’s application. A lot of work – no commission. Then the question of compulsory acceptance / compulsory contracting arises – can the intermediary or the customer force the insurer to accept the application? Principle: A compulsion to conclude a contract can always be assumed […]