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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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