Friday, August 14, 2009

And now for something completely different...

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I've worked for a Dutch company for 14 years and have spent a lot of time in the Netherlands. They will put anything on TV.
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6 comments:

juliet said...

A part of me toys with using that on one of my TEFL classes but the rational side says no.

August 14, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Sean said...

What's TEFL?

August 15, 2009 at 1:17 AM
juliet said...

Health care in the Netherlands is financed by a dual system.

Long-term treatments, especially those which involve (semi-)permanent hospitalization, and also disability costs such as wheelchairs, are covered by a a state-run mandatory insurance. This is laid down in the Algemene Wet Bijzondere Ziektekosten (AWBZ, see article in the Dutch Wikipedia), "general law on exceptional healthcare costs" which first came into effect in 1968.

For all regular (short-term) medical treatment, there is a system of obligatory health insurance, with private health insurance companies. These insurance companies are obliged to provide a package with a defined set of insured treatments [1].

This system came into effect in January 2006. For those who would otherwise have insufficient income, an extra government allowance is paid to make sure everyone can pay for their health care insurance. People are free to purchase additional packages from the insurance companies to cover additional treatments such as dental procedures and physiotherapy. These additional packages are optional.

A key feature of the Dutch system is that premiums are set at a flat rate for all purchasers regardless of health status or age. Risk variances between funds due to the different risks presented by individual policy holders are compensated through risk equalization and a common risk pool which makes it more attractive for insurers to attract risky clients. Funding for all short term health care is 50% from employers, and 45 percent from the insured person and 5% by the government. Children until age 18 are covered for free. Those on low incomes receive compensation to help them pay their insurance. Premiums paid by the insured are about 100 € per month (about US$145 in Jan 2008) with variation of about 5% between the various competing insurers.

Prior to 2006 (and since 1941) there were two separate systems of (short-term) health insurance: public and private. The public insurance system was executed by non-profit "health funds", and financed by premiums taken directly out of the wages (together with income taxes). Everyone earning less than a certain threshold income could make use of the public insurance system. However, anyone with income over that threshold was obliged to have private insurance instead.[2].

August 15, 2009 at 1:42 AM
juliet said...

Sean just thought since you work for European company you maybe interested in their health care.

August 15, 2009 at 1:43 AM
juliet said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_the_Netherlands

August 15, 2009 at 1:44 AM
juliet said...

Teaching English as a Foreign language, Working on an MA.

August 15, 2009 at 1:45 AM

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