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Re:Young 'to be poorer than parents at every stage of life' by adventured on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @10:30AM (#10621253)
Isn't the Netherlands government spending higher as a portion of GDP today than it was ten years ago?

Is it primarily an issue of where they're spending the money?

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Re:Young 'to be poorer than parents at every stage of life' by Scarblac on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @10:33AM (#10621279)
Cost of healthcare is going up all the time, social security as well. My wife was a municipal civil servant and they have to make cuts.
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Re:Young 'to be poorer than parents at every stage of life' by adventured on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @10:40AM (#10621314)
How does the healthcare system work in the Netherlands? I'm entirely unfamiliar with it. Is it more similar to Germany / Switzerland, or closer to the UK model?
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Re:Young 'to be poorer than parents at every stage of life' by stuxnet79 on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @12:59PM (#10622308)
Looks to me from a simple Wikipedia search that the Netherlands follows the Bismarck Model (Germany, Switzerland) rather than the Beveridge Model. UK's NHS is one of a kind. Not a lot of countries have or can afford to have the same type of healthcare system as UK.
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