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The Netherlands’ universal social health insurance approach merges public and private insurance. All residents are required to purchase statutory health insurance from private insurers, which are required to accept all applicants. Financing is primarily public, through premiums, tax revenues, and government grants. The national government is responsible for setting health care priorities and monitoring access, quality, and costs. Standard benefits include hospital, physician, home nursing, and mental health care, as well as prescription drugs. Adults pay premiums, annual deductibles, and coinsurance or copayments on select services and drugs. The government pays for children’s coverage up to age 18.
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy-center/countries/netherlands
1941
In the Netherlands, a national health insurance program was first rolled out in 1941, reflecting the German Bismarck model of public and private health insurers.1 Around 63 percent of the population was covered by public health insurance, while the more affluent could opt for private insurance or choose to remain uninsured.
The Germans attacked the Netherlands in the early hours of 10 May 1940. The Dutch had hoped to be able to remain neutral, but that was not the Nazi plan. German military superiority was so overwhelming that the Dutch army stood no chance and was forced to surrender.