Health insurers under attack over hospital choices, expensive drugs

Dutch health insurance companies came under sustained attack in the weekend papers amid mounting concern people are not aware of the implications of taking out cheap policies. The Financieele Dagblad reported on Saturday that hospitals are considering refusing patients because they need expensive medicines which insurers refuse to pay for. Hospitals, pharmacies and health insurers are embroiled in a bitter battle about who should pay the bill for new expensive medicines, the paper says. Two years ago the government decided … Continue reading Health insurers under attack over hospital choices, expensive drugs