2008-05-01
Universal mandatory health insurance in the Netherlands: A model for the United States?
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Health Affairs: the policy journal of the health sphere , Volume 27 - Issue 3 p. 771- 781
Policy analysts consider the Netherlands health system a possible model for the United States. Since 2006 all Dutch citizens have to buy standardized individual health insurance coverage from a private insurer. Consumers have an annual choice among insurers, and insurers can selectively contract or integrate with health care providers. Subsidies make health insurance affordable for everyone. A Risk Equalization Fund compensates insurers for enrollees with predictably high medical expenses. The reform is a work in progress. So far the emphasis has been on the health insurance market. The challenge is now to successfully reform the market for the provision of health care.
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doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.771, hdl.handle.net/1765/73869 | |
Health Affairs: the policy journal of the health sphere | |
Organisation | Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM) |
van de Ven, W., & Schut, E. (2008). Universal mandatory health insurance in the Netherlands: A model for the United States?. Health Affairs: the policy journal of the health sphere (Vol. 27, pp. 771–781). doi:10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.771 |