Publication at Faculty of Social Sciences |
2015
Abstract
The paper deals with health care policy in Germany between 2009 and 2013 during the Second Merkel Cabinet. It examines particular reform steps and their impact using evidence from various sources (policy papers, magazines, newspapers) considering their relation to the original intension of the governing FDP presented as a liberal approach.
The research shows firstly the volume of liberal aspects in the health care policy concerning particular key players in the system and secondly ponders their real impact from the perspective of patients' independence (transfers between insurance companies, decisions about the type of procedures, etc.).