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| Title: | | A simple model of health insurance competition  |
| Authors: | | Kemnitz, Alexander |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CESifo working paper: Social Protection 3220 |
| Abstract: | | This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that contribution rate competition yields lower company profits and higher consumer welfare than premia competition when switching between insurance companies is costly. |
| Subjects: | | health care reform competition consumer choice |
| JEL: | | I11 I18 D43 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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