The health care system in the Netherlands is under pressure; the social welfare system is unsustainable. Rising costs in health care and above all a sharp rise in the ageing population combined with a continued rise in life expectancy prompt the need for new measures. The health care system will need to be dramatically reformed, but we will also need to focus on a radical redesign of our environment.
author: Danielle Arets, Anne Feikje Weidema