Health Affairs, 27, no. 3 (2008): w196-w203 (Published online 8 April 2008) doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.w196 © 2008 by Project HOPE	New Online   How Would Obama, McCain Cover The Uninsured?   Debating Cost Of Uninsured   Try Medicare-For-All   HA Blog Top 10

This Article Full Text (HTML) Reprint (PDF) Submit a response to this article Alert me when this article is cited Alert me when eLetters are posted Alert me if a correction is posted Services E-mail this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to My Personal Archive Download to Citation Manager Reprints & Permissions Google Scholar Articles by Enthoven, A. PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Enthoven, A. Related Collections Health Reform Insurance Coverage International Issues Managed Competition Politics

Web Exclusives

INTERVIEW

A Living Model Of Managed Competition: A Conversation With Dutch Health Minister Ab Klink

As of 2006, the Netherlands requires all citizens to buy a standard package of health benefits from private insurers. The government subsidizes premiums for those with low incomes and requires insurers to accept all purchasers. This mixed private-public approach to universal coverage has emerged as a potential reform model for the United States. In this November 2007 interview, Dutch health minister Ab Klink discussed his country’s system with Alain Enthoven. Enthoven is one of the chief architects of the "managed competition" model that laid the groundwork for the Clinton administration reform proposal in the 1990s and pending legislation in the Senate, as well as the current Dutch approach.

                      What's this?