Dhe private health insurance will be retained under the new federal government, and according to its own assessment it is bursting with strength. According to a new study, the system contributed 41.9 billion euros to gross value added in Germany via direct, indirect and induced effects in 2019, 12.3 percent more than two years earlier. At the same time, the number of jobs secured by this has risen by 5.3 percent to almost 743,000, according to an as yet unpublished study by the research institute Wifor for the Association of Private Health Insurance (PKV), which is available to the FAZ.
According to their program, the SPD and the Greens actually wanted to introduce citizens’ insurance in which private insurance would have had little space. With the participation of the FDP in government, this radical cut does not come about now. One argument of the proponents of private health insurance is always that it is worthwhile for the economy itself, also for those with statutory health insurance. The new figures are intended to show that the effects extend far beyond the private health insurance market share of 10.6 percent.
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