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Two Centuries of Solidarity German, Belgian and Dutch social health insurance 1770-2008
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Today, health insurance is a key component in the system of social security in most European Union countries. In many of these countries, modern health-insurance funds and healthcare insurers play an essential role in implementing the public health-insurance system. Many of these health-insurance funds have a long and fascinating history, of which clear traces can be seen today in the organisation... Read more
PREFACE, ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS, TRANSLATIONS, INTRODUCTION, Chapter I GUILDS AND HEALTH-INSURANCE FUNDS: SOLIDARITY DURING THE ANCIEN RÉGIME, Chapter II THE END OF THE GUILD SYSTEM, 1789-1820, Chapter III THE BIRTH OF MODERN HEALTH-INSURANCE FUNDS, Chapter IV HEALTH INSURANCE AS A GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, 1850-1914, Chapter V WAR, PEACE, WAR, 1914-1945, Chapter VI GROWTH AND ITS LIMITS, 1945-2000, Chapter VII SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE AND NEOLIBERALREGULATED MARKET COMPETITION, 2000-2008, Chapter VIII THE ART OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING: ONE CONCEPT IN THREE COUNTRIES, TABLES AND CHARTS, BIBLIOGRAFIE.
Biography
K.P. Companje, R.H.M. Hendriks, K.F.E.Veraghtert and B.E.M.Widdershoven
