of 1.04 million customers this year, switched to a different health care provider. That was 6.1 percent of the insured persons, slightly lower than last year, when 6.8 percent moved. This is evident from the preliminary overstapcijfer of Vektis. President of health Insurers Netherlands André Rouvoet made the figures Monday known in his new year’s speech.
The overstappercentage is based on all overstapinformatie that at this time when the health insurance companies known and processed. The final overstappercentage make Vektis and health Insurers the Netherlands in February known, as all overstapinformatie complete. In april a comprehensive analysis of the overstapcijfers in the Zorgthermometer Insured, in the picture, 2017.
Competition
The number of migrators, hovering for years around the million, according to the Authority Consumer and Market (ACM) is a lower premium is still the main reason to switch.
The competition between health insurance companies can still be better. ACM is investigating, in cooperation with the Dutch healthcare authority (NZa) the possibilities to do so. Moreover look at the two organizations under other factors that for consumers to be difficult or boring to choose between health insurance, such as limited comparability and possible unnecessary complexity of health insurance. The studies should lead to concrete recommendations.
Industry
ZN-chairman André Rouvoet called in his new year’s speech to the insurers to do more than is strictly where she is responsible for, in particular, to care for the most vulnerable in society to organize.
“No one is allowed in the care between shore and ship fall”, said Rouvoet. “Certainly not the weakest groups in society, such as homeless people. When that happens, involved parties heads together and stitches, if necessary, what industry to organize and also prepared to do more, which they formally held.”
the Occasion for this call was a working visit that André Rouvoet in the first week of the year brought to the Straatdokters in Rotterdam. There, he was intrusive, made it clear that it is precisely when homeless issues are in a grey area, which people do not get the care that they urgently need, or unnecessary with huge debts are saddled.
Collaboration
Rouvoet explained in his speech further emphasis on the need of cooperation in care. “And that collaboration is perhaps the most important is on the cutting edge of systems and therefore of responsibilities. A good example is the interfaces between municipalities and health insurers. Last year we saw good steps in this direction, but there is still a lot to win, whether it’s homeless people, wijkverpleging or prevention.”
Elections
Rouvoet called in this election year the political parties to have an eye for the real problems in health care: “I hope that the coalition agreement of a new cabinet especially provides space for the good collaboration within the health care sector and offers solutions for bulkheads, which cause, for example, substitution is not sufficient of the ground.”
The biggest challenge, he called the manageability of the cost: “If we together do not succeed in the increases in the cost limit, put that solidarity is under pressure. And that is still the greatest good of our system: that everyone, regardless of income, age or state of health, for the same premium is entitled to a broad basic package,” said ZN-leader Rouvoet.
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