Worldwide coverage remains in the basic health insurance package
Healthcare costs outside Europe will continue to be reimbursed in the basic health insurance package. A plan by Minister Edith Schippers of Health to scrap this from 2017 is now definitely off the table, as it turned out after yesterday's Council of Ministers.
Postponement leads to cancellation: No abolition of global health insurance coverage for the time being
The abolition of global health insurance coverage has been postponed for the time being. Most parties in the House of Representatives are against Minister Schippers' plan, NOS said.
Zorgverzekeraars Nederland (ZN) is against the government's plans to abolish global health insurance coverage. Dutch people who will soon be traveling outside Europe will no longer be insured for medically necessary care through their basic insurance, unless they fall under one of the complicated exceptions.
Healthcare costs outside Europe will no longer be included in the basic package from 2017
Healthcare costs that people incur during a temporary stay outside Europe (for example during a holiday in Thailand) are no longer part of the basic package from 1 January 2017.
