Studies by J. Mertl and Co-Authors Describe New Findings in Health Insurance (The Possibilities of Transition from Health Insurance Contributions to…

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Studies by J. Mertl and Co-Authors Describe New Findings in Health Insurance (The Possibilities of Transition from Health Insurance Contributions to Earmarked Health Tax in the Czech Republic)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Current study results on Health Insurance have been published. According to news originating from Prague, Czech Republic, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, "This article deals with three different approaches to health care consumption and financing that have evolved in health policy of developed countries. After classifying them, it focuses on public financing the necessary health care that should be universally available."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research, "Czech system of public health insurance has been established at the beginning of the 1990's as a compromise between the institutional framework and aims, which were highly relevant during early phase of economic transformation. The article analyses the possibilities of transition from this system to earmarked health tax on personal income as a dominant source of health care financing, while preserving the current level of fiscal capacity for health budgets."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Simultaneously the socio-economic consequences of such a system are discussed, while keeping social and health policy context relevant."

For more information on this research see: The Possibilities of Transition from Health Insurance Contributions to Earmarked Health Tax in the Czech Republic. Ekonomicky Casopis, 2017;65(7):668-687. Ekonomicky Casopis can be contacted at: Slovak Academic Press Ltd, PO Box 57 Nam Slobody 6, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovakia (see also Health Insurance).