Open AccessInsights From Health Care in Germany
Author(s) -
Christa Alt̀enstetter
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.93.1.38
Subject(s) - german , compromise , health insurance , health care , statutory law , health policy , health care reform , politics , political science , national health insurance , environmental health , public administration , medicine , law , history , population , archaeology
German Statutory Health Insurance (national health insurance) has remained relatively intact over the past century, even in the face of governmental change and recent reforms. The overall story of German national health insurance is one of political compromise and successful implementation of communitarian values. Several key lessons from the German experience can be applied to the American health care system.