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The Netherlands is an insurance health system, delivered by a mix of different types of organisations, private, non-profit, religious etc. The insurance market
by com 3y ago
The Netherlands is an insurance health system, delivered by a mix of different types of organisations, private, non-profit, religious etc. The insurance market is very regulated and all residents have cover - it’s compulsory. If you are poor, your municipality makes sure you have an insurance policy. Most people get a window once a year to change plans and insurers, but the policies aren’t all that different (physiotherapy and alternative medicine options, as well as own-risk components seem to be where most of the difference lies).
This regulated market isn’t very “private” - and it’s not very capitalist either. Outcomes are ok, but as always could be better, which is at least as much cultural as how it’s all funded.
- Projectiboga 3y agoI survived a majorly serious illness during 2001 in the Netherlands. I am a type 1 diabetic and had a staff infection spread into both my lungs. I was on a ventilator for 17 days and spent around 30 days in the hospital total. The entire bill was under 20K Euros when EUR/USD was about even. The bill in the USA would have been insane but there they just did it for just costs. Any system would be better than here in the USA. From what I've heard the issue in Canada is they under spend and that creates logjams with the tech heavy things like MRI and elective surgeries.