File, 1-8-2006
Since 1 January 2006 the Netherlands has had a new insurance system for medical expenses.
All inhabitants of the Netherlands have been obliged insure itself by concluding a care insurance at a care insurer. Insurers are for their part oblige accept everyone who submits an application for the insurance. Children under 18 pay no premium. Since 1 January 2006 nobody has been insured more private or at the health insurance fund.
Legal standard package
The care insurance care insurers ' basis insurance ' or '
standaardverzekering ' is also frequently called. The government
has composed a legal standard package. Cover of this corresponds
mainly to the former health insurance fund parcel.
For treatment which falls outside the care insurance, people can
insure themselves additional. On www.denieuwezorgverzekering.nl vast
information appears.
Care is obvious
In a modern society must every that medical care necessary
has, which can get necessary and good care also. That regulates
a core function of the government is, from the constitution and
international treaties. The Medical Insurances fall within the
area of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. The
government does not interfere himself in the Netherlands direct with
the care himself. That is especially a matter of private care
providers: individual profession practising ears and care
institutions.
care insurance law
The insurance system has been regulated in the care
insurance law. The core elements of this law are:
? new standaardverzekering for everyone
? citizens can change each year of insurance
? insurers compete with for the grace of the insured
person
? customers and insurers stimulate proposers to better
quality
? compensation for people with low incomes
The care insurance law is a mile pile in the development of the health care in the Netherlands. More than thirty years had been in vain tried change the system. Now is that succeeded with: one legal framework, more choices for customers, more competition and guarantees for betaalbaarheid.
By means of the search engine of this site more documents (such as kamerstukken and nieuwsberichten) are find concerning care insurance.
