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Interesting, as a German annoyed by having 100+ insurances I always thought Austria is doing the right thing. Do you have a link for that? I am interested in un
by _ink_ 2y ago
Interesting, as a German annoyed by having 100+ insurances I always thought Austria is doing the right thing. Do you have a link for that? I am interested in understanding why the costs increased.
- alpaca128 2y agohttps://www.derstandard.at/story/2000137202435/krankenversicherung-erwartet-zusaetzliches-budgetloch-von-jaehrlich111-millionen-euro-ab-2023?ref=rss https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000137202435/krankenversic... tl;dr: they promised savings of one billion Euros but it instead cost over 200 million.
- _ink_ 2y agoOk, the costs saving was promised by the populists Kurz and Strache. No further questions. Thanks for the link, tho! I am not saying Germany should merge all insurances into one, but I still think 100+ is one order of magnitude too much.
- FirmwareBurner 2y agoDoesn't 100+ insurances mean more competition leading to better prices? OR so I'm told capitalism works.
- _ink_ 2y agoI am only talking about the statutory health insurance providers not the private ones. For the private ones you might be correct. The statutory ones, they have a catalogue of services, which they are required to pay for. While there are some minor differences between the providers, they all offer the same benefits essentially.
- Suppafly 2y ago>Doesn't 100+ insurances mean more competition leading to better prices? OR so I'm told capitalism works. I'm sure this was /s but capitalism doesn't work for things like insurance.