The own risk in the care continues next year for the first time in years right: 385 euro. Confirm that initiates to RTL Z.
Since the introduction of the deductible in 2008, the deductible increased each year by a decade or more. That happens this year, not the first, reported Telegraph this morning.
Really ahead we do not; small 400 euro remains a large sum for many people on a budget.Not everyone has a piggy bank to tip off the amount in one go to hospital visit.
The topic is hot topic in The Hague, where it has become part of the election campaign.PVV, GroenLinks and SP want to abolish the excess; 50PLUS, PvdA and CDA want to put the knife in, log sources to our local editor.
Abolish? 3.8 billion
Abolition is not just done; it would cost 3.8 billion euros , which amounts to 275 euros extra premium per person.
One of the possibilities is presented to absorb these costs is to increase the power and profits tax and tackling tax evasion.
Increased significantly
The excess was introduced in 2008 in the care, to give people more insight into how expensive care. When people see the cost, they will be better to think about when they go to the doctor, is the idea.
In introducing was legally compulsory excess 150, but because it is linked to the rise in health care costs, has risen considerably over the years. Health insurers have nothing to say about the amount of the deductible: Determines the amount thereof from The Hague.
By Editorial RTL Z Photo: Reuters
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