Dutch Lead The Way On VBHC

While the US is slightly behind the curve, the Netherlands is seriously pushing its VBHC ambitions, according to Jens Deerberg-Wittram, MD, a director at Boston Consulting Group. A decade and a half ago, the Dutch health care system was unenvied – a very high-cost, high-waste system. But in 2006, officials made some far-reaching decisions when they saw that they were losing the battle to provide universal access to health care for reasons of cost.

They decided to reduce the number of national health care insurers – of which there are now 60, all of...