Blue Cross Foundation Financial Risk Alert for Massachusetts Health System

Provider taxes, applied to services such as hospitals and nursing homes, are a crucial component in the funding of MassHealth, Massachusetts' Medicaid program that ensures health care for 2 million low-income people.A recent report by the Massachusetts Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation explains how these taxes not only raise state funds, but also generate federal reimbursements, indispensable to sustain an accessible and solid health system.A cr…

The health insurance companies propose an expenditure moratorium because of their financial difficulties. What does that mean? We explain what could change for insured persons and their contributions.

The statutory health insurance is deep in the red figures. The GKV top association now warns against exploding contributions – and calls on the government to an issue moratorium.

In an interview with FOCUS, Jan Esser explains online why, despite rising costs, the PKV often remains the better choice, which misincentives make the German health care system expensive – and why citizen insurance is not a solution.

In view of their difficult financial situation, the statutory health insurance funds are pushing for an expenditure moratorium.