AMSTERDAM: Universal health insurance (UHI) on the Dutch model as promised by the Coalition would lead to a marked increase in healthcare costs, according to an internal document prepared in the Department of Health.
According to the document, which examined the experiences of countries that have introduced universal healthcare insurance, the impact in the Netherlands was to increase unit price costs, the volume and the net expenditure on healthcare.
The document, entitled “Experiences in a selection of universal health insurance countries with multi-payer competition”, was released to a Fianna Fáil deputy in response to a Dáil question.
