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Learning Lessons from German Healthcare: How Universal …

WEBAs the COVID-19 pandemic ravages countries around the world, its effects are proving somewhat indiscriminate: both long-time workers and new hires have lost …

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Telehealth Is Here to Stay—In the United States and in Germany

WEBBefore COVID-19, telehealth (a patient seeing and talking to a doctor or other health care provider over the Internet) has long been viewed as an ancillary mode of …

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Reviving China’s Health Silk Road Initiative

WEBMany European nations’ healthcare systems are pushed beyond their limits by the novel coronavirus pandemic. In the race to secure medical supplies, it’s every …

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Access, Quality, and Affordability in Health Care in Germany and

WEBPolicy Report 51. Despite dramatic differences in the history of their health care systems, the United States and Germany face similar challenges in improving the quality of care …

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“AICGS” is now the American-German Institute – AGI

WEBThe American-German Institute will continue to pursue the future-oriented agenda established 40 years ago for decades to come.”. AGI Chairman Martin …

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Germany’s Role in Global Health – AGI

WEBAnnex 1. In 2015 Germany initiated “Healthy Systems – Healthy Lives” an initiative to support the investment into health systems by major donors based on a …

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Issues in the German and U.S. Health Care Systems – AGI

WEBIssues in the German and U.S. Health Care Systems. The United States faces severe challenges in access to health care, cost effectiveness, equity, and to a …

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Challenges for the German Healthcare System in the COVID-19

WEBChristine Arentz. Ines Läufer. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a spotlight on two major weaknesses of the German healthcare system: First, the glaring lack of …

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Private Health Care Insurance: Accessibility and Efficiency in

WEBDirk Göpffarth, Access, Quality, and Affordability in Health Care in German and the United States, AGI Policy Report no. 51 (Washington, DC: American-German …

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A Comparison of German and American Health Care Systems

WEBPlease join AICGS on Friday, May 18, 2012, for a lunchtime seminar with Dr. Dirk Göpffarth, DAAD/AICGS Fellow, on “A Comparison of German and American …

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Structure of the U.S. Health Care System – AGI

WEBState Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is an expansion of Medicaid and covers children in families deemed underprivileged who do not qualify for …

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Corona and Public Health Policy in Germany – AGI

WEBWe see three main reasons why prevention and health promotion, as part of health policy in Germany, are only marginally or not at all present. First, prevention …

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Structure of the German Health Care System – AGI

WEBAll Germans earning under a yearly adjusted rate (approximately €50,000 per year) are required to purchase GKV from a Krankenkasse. Individuals pay for insurance …

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Financing German Health Care – AGI

WEBFormer DAAD/AGI fellow Dr. Dirk Göpffarth of the German Federal Insurance Office in Bonn, Germany and Klaus-Dirk Henke of the Technische Universität …

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The €20 Billion Problem in Germany’s Statutory Health Insurance

WEBFirst of all, not all that money is available. The Central Health Fund has to hold a minimum liquidity reserve of €3 billion, it still carries forward the deficit from 2009 …

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The Supreme Court’s Decision on Obamacare – AGI

WEBOverview. On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court announced its decision to uphold almost all of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), ending a …

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The Legal Framework of Abortions in Germany – AGI

WEBThe German penal code (paragraph 218) states that abortion is unlawful. Those who attempt to abort a fetus face up to three years in prison or a fine. In severe …

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An Aging Germany in a Young World: Adapting to Demographic …

WEBPopulation decline results in economic and social strains and can even threaten national security. Germany is a particularly severe example of this trend. …

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