There must be cuts of 1.5 billion on the basic package of health insurance. Doctors, health insurers and patients are called upon to think along about how this should be done.
The basic package threatens to expand further as a result of new treatments that are emerging and because there is more demand for care. The clean task of limiting the basic package is up to Minister Edith Schippers of Public Health.
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The Health Insurance Board advises the minister in her choices, but that advice is not always well received. In recent months, for example, there has been a lot of commotion about reimbursement for two rare diseases and about mental health care.
The professional group thinks along
Edith Schippers asks doctors, health insurers and patients to participate in the discussion about the basic package. Ultimately Edith Schippers will make the decision, but she can use the advice from the field.
What would you change about the basic package?
