Medical wage slave or worthy professional? The Dutch medical profession and the health funds 1900-1941

Summary The development of mutual and commercial health insurance, and state health insurance programs in particular, typically provoked much criticism from the professionals involved with them. Moreover, the efforts of the Dutch medical association, the NMG, to influence state proposals met with little success. As a consequence, the NMG developed a health fund policy of its own, the demands of which newly established funds had to meet. The policy was designed to minimize lay control, improve fees and introduce an income limit to protect private practice. In the country’s cities, collective co... Mehr ...