Medicine in Belgium is distinguished by a humanistic and scientific legacy dating back to the Renaissance.
Its evolution marks the transition from classical anatomy to a pioneering and deeply liberal social security system, in which the patient’s freedom of choice is central.
From the Bismarck Model to the Universal System, the first social risk protection law was enacted in 1844, initially requiring sailors to have retirement and health insurance.
The 1964 doctors’ strike was a historic event in which physicians protested against excessive state control, resulting in a system that today guarantees citizens’ free choice of physician and the consolidation of a contribution-based model that now offers one of the most comprehensive coverage plans in Europe.
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DR. JULES JEAN BAPTISTE VINCENT BORDET (1870 - 1961)
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