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Health care in the Netherlands is mostly financed via an income dependent fee collected by the tax authority, supplemented with a fairly minimal mandatory insur
by AbortedLaunch 7y ago
Health care in the Netherlands is mostly financed via an income dependent fee collected by the tax authority, supplemented with a fairly minimal mandatory insurance. Assistance for “low” income families is available to help pay this insurance.
The per treatment budgets do sometimes cause issues where budget for certain treatments is consumed and patients have to wait to receive treatment.
- bouke 7y agoYes, it’s 6,9% over the total gross of all salaries, paid by the employer. See also: https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/werk_en_inkomen/zorgverzekeringswet/veranderingen-bijdrage-zvw/percentages-zvw https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/... (Dutch)