Germany is preparing yet another reform of its once highly regarded compulsory health insurance system, which has experienced massive financial problems.
The government said Wednesday it established a new commission of eight ministers to draft a major revision of the system that covers 90 percent of Germany's roughly 82 million inhabitants.
Health Minister Philipp Roesler has said he wants to slowly part with the traditional system in which employees share rising health care cost with their employers. Instead, the insured are to pay premiums independent of their work situation with the government helping the poor.
"We have a clear mission to …
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