Health care insurance law | • Introduced on 1 January 2006 |
• Abolition of distinction between private and public insurance | |
• Insurance under private law with public limiting conditions | |
• Obligation for every citizen to take health insurance | |
• Risk adjustment | |
Insurance policy | • Free choice between insurance organisations |
• Basic package (identical for everybody) | |
• Choice between in-kind and restitution policy | |
• Additional insurance (no obligation to accept, not necessarily with same insurer as basic package) | |
• Choice of deductible (min. €100, max. €500) | |
• No-claim premium restitution | |
• Collectives (via work or other) get premium reduction up to 10% |