Bonus Options in Health Insurance

Bonus Options in Health Insurance

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Zweifel Peter
Springer
EAN: 9780792317227
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Confronted with the continuing cost expansion in the health care sector, policy makers face a dilemma: limiting moral hazard in medical care requires that consumers participate in the cost, yet copayment is strongly resisted by today's socially insured. Thus, the experiences of three private German health insurers will be of interest to physicians, social scientists, and policy makers. Insurer A writes conventional plans with deductibles and coinsurance; B pays back three-monthly premiums as a fixed rebate for no claims; while C runs an experience-rated bonus system starting with a rebate of three-monthly premiums for the first year without a claim, reaching a maximum of five after three years. While both rebates and bonuses are quite popular among insureds, this study shows that bonus options are particularly effective in limiting the demand for ambulatory and even hospital care. But what about adverse effects on health caused by the desire to save one's bonus? On this issue, there is some surprising evidence.
EAN 9780792317227
ISBN 079231722X
Binding Hardback
Publisher Springer
Publication date May 31, 1992
Pages 143
Language English
Dimensions 235 x 155
Country Netherlands
Readership Professional & Scholarly
Authors Zweifel Peter
Illustrations XII, 143 p.
Edition 1992 ed.
Series Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy