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Blacklisting Health Insurance Premium Defaulters: Is Denial of Medical Care Ethically Justifiable?

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2023
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Glaus, H., Drewniak, D., März, J. W., & Biller-Andorno, N. (2023). Blacklisting Health Insurance Premium Defaulters: Is Denial of Medical Care Ethically Justifiable? Health Care Analysis, 31(3–4), 156–168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-023-00464-w

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Rising health insurance costs and the cost of living crisis are likely leading to an increase in unpaid health insurance bills in many countries. In Switzerland, a particularly drastic measure to sanction defaulting insurance payers is employed. Since 2012, Swiss cantons – who have to cover most of the bills of defaulting payers - are allowed by federal law to blacklist them and to restrict their access to medical care to emergencies.In our paper, we briefly describe blacklisting in the context of the Swiss healthcare system before we

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31

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3-4

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156

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168

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Health Policy, Health (social science), Issues, ethics and legal aspects

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English

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2023-12-01

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2023-10-06

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1065-3058

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Glaus, H., Drewniak, D., März, J. W., & Biller-Andorno, N. (2023). Blacklisting Health Insurance Premium Defaulters: Is Denial of Medical Care Ethically Justifiable? Health Care Analysis, 31(3–4), 156–168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-023-00464-w

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