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3. Consumer-Choice Health Plan
4. For a one-person household, the annual care allowance is at most €552 (about US$814) in 2008. In 2006, 4.9 million households received a care allowance. Statistics Netherlands (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, or CBS), “More than One Third of Adults Received Care Allowance,”CBS Web Magazine, 13 March 2007 , http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/arbeid-sociale-zekerheid/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2007/2007-2135-wm.htm (accessed 1 February 2008). In total, there are 7.2 million households in the Netherlands. CBS, “More and Smaller Households in 2050,”CBS Web Magazine,19 April 2007, http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/bevolking/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2007/2007-2175-wm.htm (accessed 1 February 2008).
5. Should catastrophic risks be included in a regulated competitive health insurance market?