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Deutschland-Check JuneSurvey: Additional Health Insurance Premiums Cause Little Competition

Jun 17, 2011Thus far, the additional insurance premiums have not led to more competition among the statutory health insurances. Only very few insurants switch their health insurance if their current one demands additional premiums. Such is the result of a representative survey by IW-consult, a subsidiary of the Institute of the German Economy Cologne (IW). The study was conducted on behalf of the Initiative for a New Social Market Economy (INSM) and the magazine WirtschaftsWoche.