It could just be that this is the last year that healthcare costs outside Europe are covered by your basic insurance. Edith Schippers, the Minister of Health is going to submit a bill to remove world coverage from the basic health insurance package. Good method to cut costs?
The proposal will probably go to the House in the second half of this year. The measure would save 60 million euros on healthcare costs abroad.
In order to implement the proposal, treaties must first be amended with Turkey and Morocco, among others. Talks about this have been difficult so far.
