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DHA Ordinance of 29 September 1995 on Compulsory Health Insurance Benefits | Health Insurance Benefits Ordinance [ HIBO ]

According to the Slovak authorities, by providing compulsory health insurance in the Slovak Republic, health insurance companies are considered to fulfil a constitutional obligation on behalf of the State, i.e. the provision of health insurance to Slovak residents through managing the compulsory health insurance scheme in Slovakia.

The Commission acknowledges certain features of the Slovak compulsory health insurance system could point to the economic nature of the activities involved in that system: (i) the presence of several insurance operators (public and private) in the Slovak compulsory health insurance sector; (ii) some degree of competition between these health insurers; which are (iii) involved in a for-profit activity; and (iv) the fact that the activity was considered to be open to competition by the Slovak Constitutional Court.

As a result, due to the limited nature of competition that was introduced into the Slovak compulsory health insurance system (i.e. only limited quality competition and no price competition at all) as well as the restrictions on the way profits can be made and used, the elements of competition and profit-orientation which are present in the Slovak system of compulsory health insurance do not call into question the predominant social, solidarity and regulatory features indicating the non-economic nature of the activities performed by health insurance companies in that system.

This provision from the original Directive 90/314/EEC should be retained, as a statutory health insurance policy is not an adequate substitute for such insurance.