title: Social insurance. Not much to write home about?
abstract: Social health insurance systems in Europe are complex and this makes it difficult to establish who is paying for healthcare. France and Germany are seeking to widen their revenue base through taxation. A wholesale move to SHI in the UK would involve significant upheaval and it is not clear what benefits it would bring.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: Elias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mossialos
mesh_terms: D005381:Financing, Organized; D005602:France; D005858:Germany; D018166:Health Care Reform; D007348:Insurance, Health; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011332:Privatization / Q000191:economics*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D013660:Taxes; D006113:United Kingdom