Mind the Gap: Mental Health and a Regulated Insurance Market in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands healthcare is organized by a regulated insurance market. This combination of state and market creates tensions that are explored in this short film, in which psychotherapists reflect on their difficult position in the system.

Nikkie Buskermolen • June 07, 2018

A Struggle for Care: Public Health and Private Insurance in Brasília

Access to healthcare takes us to the heart of Brazil’s polarized debate on social justice and inequality. This film explores some of the difficulties people face when they need medical attention and the dilemmas of financing healthcare.

Erik Bähre and Fabíola Gomes • May 23, 2018

A Christmas Story: Health Insurance in the Netherlands

What do christmas and health insurance have in common? By using christmas as an example two underlying principles of health insurance become apparent: solidarity and consumer practices.

Nikkie Buskermolen • December 22, 2017

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Mind the Gap: Mental Health and a Regulated Insurance Market in the Netherlands

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A Christmas Story: Health Insurance in the Netherlands