Private Health Insurance and the European Union

• Author(s): Cyril Benoît, Marion Del Sol, Philippe Martin,
• Publisher: Springer Nature
• Pages: 328
• ISBN_10: 3030543552
  ISBN_13: 9783030543556
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Public Policy / General , Medical / Health Policy , Political Science / World / European , Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration , Political Science / Political Economy , Medical / Health Care Delivery , Political Science / General ,

Description:... Research has paid little attention to date on how European Union law and regulation affect both the public-private mix in healthcare and the organization of private health insurance as an industry. Filling this gap, this collective book provides insights on the political economy of EU insurance regulation, its impact on private health insurers and on its interactions with domestic healthcare policy-making in four countries. Assembling original contributions drafted by a multidisciplinary team, Private Health Insurance and the European Union offers a thorough examination of a largely unrecognized source of EU influence in healthcare – and sheds a new light on the role played by private actors in social policy.
Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.