The following extract, written in German and translated into English using Google Translate, from the website of AOK, the German public health insurance provider, provides some details about the Statutory Health Insurance Modernization Act of 2003.
With the GKV Modernization Act (GMG), a large package of measures has been adopted that is primarily intended to counteract the continuous increase in contributions in statutory health insurance. Among other things, patients must now pay co-payments for all services.