The Danish healthcare system

2How does the Danish healthcare system work?

Health insurance cards

1890’s: Elderly assistance and accident insurance for industrial workers.1933: Support for unemployed and Sickness fund insurance1970’s: The government takes over Sickness fund insurance and made the new Health insurance system1973: The yellow health insurance card

Danish healthcarehistory

The weak side?

High taxes

More often lifestyle diseases

Should we instead use the money on preventing diseases?

reUSA vs DK

Danish Pros:We can go to the hospital for free.It makes you feel safer.If you have a bad knee in Denmark, the Health insurance in DK covers it. Not everybody will get that in USA.

Danish Cons:More lifestyle diseases.One day there won’t be money enough to upkeep our healthcare.Not anything is covered. For an example the dentist.

The future

1993

More old. Less people to work

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