Obliges also miljonairs insured
Spent: 17 September 2004 17.18 the new
standaardverzekering must make an end to the difference between the
health insurance fund and the private insurance. Insured people
pay then a fixed premium of according to the expectations 1000 up to
1100 euro per year, said Hoogervorst in an explanation. That
depends on the price which the care insurers offer, because they can
compete with with each other and pay their profit to shareholders.
Now the health insurance funds must their profit still stoppers
in the care. The cabinet 0.9 billion euro have taken off to
moderate the negative impact for people with a low income.
Beside a number of deductions for the taxes, it concerns thereby
an income-related care allowance. According to the expectations
approximately 6 millions in sum 10.2 the million current health
insurance fund patients of it are able use. Nevertheless parents
with children and a minimum income, singles with two times modal,
single unemployed person and elderly with a AOW and a social minimum
income according to the expectations 0.8 up to 1 per cent reverse will
go. Moreover there a possibility exists an additional of
concluding insurance and its own risk to agree. There where
insurers can nobody refuse for the basis insurance is that soon,
however, possible for the additional insurance. The Dutch
patients and consumer federation (NPCF) fear that insurers will be
this way nevertheless able their select customers. Everything
stand or fall with the question what sits there yes or no in the
standaardverzekering, put director I. of Bennekom of the NPCF in a
response. Chronically patients and the elderly are already fast
dependent on the additional parcel, and then can care insurers,
however, selection apply and become insure itself it for people very
expensive. Moreover fears Van Bennekom that the care insurers in
their concurrentieslag will take into account too little the quality
of the care and the wishes of their customers. It is the
intention that care insurers soon at hospitals care buy against a
competitive price. Insured people must then well pay attention
to what the care insurer in its parcel offers and cannot random at
each doctor walk in, unless they himself are prepared the possible
incremental costs to pay. But Hoogervorst think that the
insurers are only availed at to offer quality, differently step their
customers the next year concerning to a competitor. Moreover the
care insurers insured people cannot oblige go to a another hospital,
such as that at this moment in almere seems happen. There the
Flevoziekenhuis and Agis have a conflict because the hospital helps
more people than it has been agreed. Van Bennekom rejects the
law not entirely, such as them, however, did with no-claimregeling the
those Hoogervorst next year already want introduce. ' we
continue follow the impact critically.' Care insurers the
Netherlands want not yet react. The sector is in principle
proponent of the new scheme, but has been still divided concerning the
points of critical. (c) DUTCH PRESS AGENCY
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