Liberal Solidarity. Guaranteeing Access to Dutch Health Care Under the Banner of Private Initiative, 1848-2015

Healthcare is a highly complex force field: on the one hand, the actors involved see it as their shared responsibility to keep it accessible to patients and citizens. On the other hand, the interests of these actors do not always align. This has become highly visible in the ‘regulated healthcare market’ instituted in 2006 in The Netherlands. This is a system in which both unprecedented health solidarity is codified, while at the same time the system relies on competition between parties in health care (such as insurers and health care providers). All of this under the auspices of the state, wh... Mehr ...