A Comparison of Public Sentiment on Social Health Insurance between the United States and Germany
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Dr. Peter N. Funke
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92.1% of Americans were insured for part or all of 2022 (Keisler-Starkey, 2023). Among them, 65.6% was covered by private health insurance, nearly twice the percentage of individuals who were covered by public health insurance (36.1%). Two of the most prominent public health insurance programs in the United States, Medicaid and Medicare, covered 18.8% and 18.7% of the population, respectively. Meanwhile, in Germany, only 11% of the population has private health insurance; statutory health insurance covers roughly 86% of German individuals (Tikkanen et al., 2020). We plan to review previous studies that aimed to measure and compare attitudes toward public health insurance among people who live in Germany and those who live in the United States. We will review previous literature that explores the history of Germany and the United States in relation to such attitudes in the present day. We hypothesize that, on average, German individuals have a higher level of support for social health insurance, compared to their American counterparts.
A Comparison of Public Sentiment on Social Health Insurance between the United States and Germany
92.1% of Americans were insured for part or all of 2022 (Keisler-Starkey, 2023). Among them, 65.6% was covered by private health insurance, nearly twice the percentage of individuals who were covered by public health insurance (36.1%). Two of the most prominent public health insurance programs in the United States, Medicaid and Medicare, covered 18.8% and 18.7% of the population, respectively. Meanwhile, in Germany, only 11% of the population has private health insurance; statutory health insurance covers roughly 86% of German individuals (Tikkanen et al., 2020). We plan to review previous studies that aimed to measure and compare attitudes toward public health insurance among people who live in Germany and those who live in the United States. We will review previous literature that explores the history of Germany and the United States in relation to such attitudes in the present day. We hypothesize that, on average, German individuals have a higher level of support for social health insurance, compared to their American counterparts.
