Opposition parties in the House want to end the compulsory deductible in healthcare. The VVD thinks the current system is social. We asked for your opinion and received these responses.
Result of the statement ‘the deductible must be abolished’: 14% disagree, 86% agree.
‘Logical, but could be lower’
Visitors to PlusOnline reacted en masse, more than 2000 votes were cast. A small proportion do not think that the deductible should disappear, including Jacqueline Bouwer on our Facebook page: “Leave it as it is. Then it will remain affordable for everyone”, she writes.
Not double
“Abolition is too much of a good thing,” says Bernadette Werkhoven. “But a lower amount is to be welcomed.” W. van Dalen agrees: “A deductible is up to that point, but if you are prescribed a medicine, you often have to pay for it separately through your own contribution. Great shame.”
Threshold is good
Willy Bak says on the website: “The deductible must remain, because people first think carefully whether specialist care is really necessary. Reducing the amount to 250 is a good compromise. This ensures that people do not get into trouble too quickly. .”
‘Together bear the medical costs’
Yet most of you (almost 90%) think that the deductible should disappear. “It’s ridiculous that you have to pay year after year because you have a disease. Being sick is bad enough!” Annie Kuiper responds on Facebook. Helma van ‘t Hof: “Now there are people who do not go to a medical specialist because they cannot pay the deductible.”
antisocial
W. la Roi clearly disagrees with the words of the VVD. “The deductible would be social.. where does a person get that from? It’s antisocial. Nobody chooses to be saddled with chronic ailments. But that does come with costs. A lot of legislation was created here from a point of view of solidarity. That has suddenly become a strange concept, surely?”
dichotomy
“It creates a dichotomy between the chronically ill and healthy people,” concludes Sandra Leemans. “Bearing the costs together is best. Then raise the health care premium and preferably related to the net income.”
Earlier this year we asked our readers if we should go back to the health insurance fund. Even then the reactions were obvious.
