Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/70080 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsreihe No. 312
Publisher: 
Universität Augsburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Augsburg
Abstract: 
While risk selection within the German public health insurance system has received considerable attention, risk selection between public and private health insurers has largely been ignored. This is surprising since - given the institutional structure - risk selection between systems is likely to be more pronounced. We find clear evidence for risk selection in favor of private insurers. While private insurers are unable to select the healthy upon enrollment they manage to dump high risk individuals who then end up in the public system. This gives private insurers an unjustified competitive advantage vis-à-vis public insurer. A risk adjusted compensation would mitigate this advantage.
Subjects: 
Risk Selection
Public and Private Health Insurance
Risk Adjustment.
JEL: 
C13
C23
I10
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
252.06 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.