More than half a million Swedes now have private health insurance,
showed a new review from industry organization Swedish Insurance (Svensk
Försäkring). In eight out of ten cases, the person's employer had
offered them the private insurance deal.
One in ten Swedes now has private health insurance, often through their employers, with some recipients
"It's quicker to get a colleague back to work if you have an operation in two weeks' time rather than having to wait for a year," privately insured Anna Norlander told Sveriges Radio on Friday. "It's terrible that I, as a young person, don't feel I can trust the health care system to take care of me."
The insurance plan guarantees that she can see a specialist within four working days, and get a time for surgery, if needed, within 15.
In December, the queues in the Swedish health care system pushed the country down a European ranking of healthcare.
Note EU-Digest: this is all nice and dandy for people who have the income to pay for private insurance or those who are working for companies paying their insurance. What needs to be done for the millions who rely on only National Health Insurance is that the Government starts cleaning up their act by improving the National Healthcare Services.
Read more: Swedes buy insurance to skip long health queues - The Local
One in ten Swedes now has private health insurance, often through their employers, with some recipients
"It's quicker to get a colleague back to work if you have an operation in two weeks' time rather than having to wait for a year," privately insured Anna Norlander told Sveriges Radio on Friday. "It's terrible that I, as a young person, don't feel I can trust the health care system to take care of me."
The insurance plan guarantees that she can see a specialist within four working days, and get a time for surgery, if needed, within 15.
In December, the queues in the Swedish health care system pushed the country down a European ranking of healthcare.
Note EU-Digest: this is all nice and dandy for people who have the income to pay for private insurance or those who are working for companies paying their insurance. What needs to be done for the millions who rely on only National Health Insurance is that the Government starts cleaning up their act by improving the National Healthcare Services.
Read more: Swedes buy insurance to skip long health queues - The Local
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