bodies for the government. All these bodies together with the government, determine in what way health care is to be developed. In the last few years the number of these advisory groups is being reduced. But up to this moment decision making on a consensus basis instead of by government decree is very common in the Netherlands.
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When it comes to financing health care, there are two main features. The first one is that Dutch health care is financed through various funding sources. The second important feature is that there is a mix of public funding and private provision of care, that is to say: file government sees to it that there is money to provide tile necessary care, but it does not look after tile provision itself. I will also give an international evalution of tile per capita health expenditure. But let's look at the first feature, the financing through various funding sources.
screen 13 (various funding sources, 5 types of health care funding)
The main way to generate income for financing health care is by the Health Insurance Act. A majority of the Dutch population, namely 65%, is compulsory insured under this Act, because their income is below a certain level, A second source to finance health care is the Exceptional Medical Expenses Act. It is the group of payments for so called 'uninsurable risks' whore the risk could never be borne by individuals or adequately covered by private insurance. Benefits include long-term residential and nursing care for the elderly, comprehensive psychiatric care, home-based care, and comprehensive care for the physically mid mentally handicapped. It concerns a compulsory national health insurance scheme. A third way to finance health care is by the private insurances. Everybody who is not covered by the Health Insurance Act can be
