The Response of Residence-based Schemes in the Netherlands to Cross-Border Movement
The Netherlands already had a residence-based scheme for old-age pensions when the first Coordination Regulation came into force. This national scheme incorporated a pro-rata system from the start and fits rather well, despite differences in character, with the coordination rules. Health care became organised in a residence-based scheme in 2004, and is based on a contributory system that also fits well with the coordination rules. Special non-contributory benefits and social assistance are more vulnerable to the growth of mobility. Although there are certainly deficiencies and challenges in th... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
Schlagwörter: | coordination rules / free movement / minimum income / residence permit / residence-based schemes / Taverne |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29202755 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
Powered By: | BASE |
Link(s) : | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/407360 |
The Netherlands already had a residence-based scheme for old-age pensions when the first Coordination Regulation came into force. This national scheme incorporated a pro-rata system from the start and fits rather well, despite differences in character, with the coordination rules. Health care became organised in a residence-based scheme in 2004, and is based on a contributory system that also fits well with the coordination rules. Special non-contributory benefits and social assistance are more vulnerable to the growth of mobility. Although there are certainly deficiencies and challenges in the system, there are various techniques in residence-based schemes that can be used to control access by mobile persons and at the same time to ensure a minimum income or provision. This makes it interesting to carry out a comparison with other residence-based schemes