Specsavers, Hans Anders and Pearle use the logo of the Silver Cross to persuade consumers to glasses or hearing aids to purchase. The insurer now know to investigate whether this is allowed, write de Volkskrant Saturday.
“All of the policyholders pay through premium and that increases in this way,” said a spokesman for Silver Cross. Especially the word “free” is wrong, because “free health care does not exist”.
Glasses and hearing aids are partially financed, whether or not by a supplemental insurance. With hearing aids goes up to 75 percent of the price if the excess has already been used on other costs. Specsavers says in that case, the remaining quarter of the costs.
This is the product “, as it were, free,” writes Specsavers. Also, customers are asked the brilvergoeding to use if they have. Actions, of which the still the question is whether that is “sustainable”, sets Silver Cross against the newspaper.
‘Without pay’
Remko van Berkel, director at Specsavers, called the complaint an attempt to bring media attention of the insurer. “Last year, played the same discussion with a CZ.” When the chain is the word “free” changed to “without pay”.
health insurance companies the Netherlands is behind the Silver Cross, and says that it is “not intended” is that consumers “for commercial gain can be turned on their premium back to make money”. According to the organization, there must be a “real need for a product”.
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