Cheaper to go to the dentist

Sages of the Economic Council is now proposing that it be cheaper to go to the dentist. In return, the scheme is financed by higher user fees when you visit your physician and emergency room.

In the economic wise men after the annual report, released 22nd October 2009, gives wise men their bid for a more equitable state funding for health services.

"By broad user fees in addition you get a less distorted by state aid. It is better to support two sites with 100 dollars than one place with 200 dollars, "says a member of the Economic Council, Hans Jørgen Whitta-Jacobsen to Newspaq.

Avoid the dentist because of the price
Hans Jørgen Whitta-Jacobsen believes that some Danes today fail to go to the dentist because it is too expensive, while perhaps too many, aimed at the emergency room - even with small flaws - because it's free.

Hans Jørgen Whitta-Jacobsen, a professor of economics at the University of Copenhagen, underlines that total user fees should not rise.

"Our recommendation is not to detract from the overall level of user fees in health care. For it is a fundamental political premise, "he says.