The authors examine the role and nature of the market for voluntary health insurance in the
European Union and review the impact of public policy, at both the national and EU levels …

If public resources were unlimited there would be no gaps in health coverage and no real
need for VHI. However most health systems face fiscal constraints and VHI is often seen as a …

This report provides an overview and analysis of markets for private health insurance (PHI)
in the European Union (EU). Part 1 describes the different roles PHI plays in relation to …

The Nordic countries are healthcare systems with tax-based financing and ambitions for
universal access to comprehensive services. This implies that distribution of healthcare …

Funding access to health care through social health insurance has its origins in Germany in
the nineteenth century. The earliest versions of health insurance developed without any …

Policy analysts consider the Netherlands health system a possible model for the United
States. Since 2006 all Dutch citizens have to buy standardized individual health insurance …

The Netherlands was the first country that introduced a universal mandatory social health
insurance scheme for covering a broad range of long‐term care (LTC) services provided in a …

The French health system combines universal coverage with a public–private mix of hospital
and ambulatory care and a higher volume of service provision than in the United States …

Governments often look to private health insurance (PHI) as a possible means of addressing
some health system challenges. For example, they may consider enhancing its role as an …

A number of low and middle income countries (LMICs) are considering social health
insurance (SHI) for adoption into their social and economic environment or striving to sustain …