Weigh More, Pay More? Public Opinion on Varying Health Insurance Contributions among Divergent Weight Groups

Background: The prevalence of obesity and its related costs has increased over the past decades. In Germany, obesity-related costs are merely covered by statuary health insurance. Within the statutory health care system, the health insurance contributions do not differ between people with and withou...

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Main Authors: Marie Bernard, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Claudia Luck-Sikorski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2019-10-01
Series:Obesity Facts
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/502799