🇧🇪 Belgium · Healthcare

How the Belgium healthcare system works — public vs private care, eligibility, and costs for residents and visitors.

Belgium uses compulsory health insurance through mutualities (mutualites / ziekenfondsen), regulated by INAMI/RIZIV. Residents normally affiliate with a mutuality or the public auxiliary fund to receive reimbursements.

  • This is a mutuality-based compulsory insurance model, not the Nordic tax-funded model.
  • INAMI/RIZIV manages and controls compulsory healthcare and disability insurance.
  • Private travel or hospital insurance can supplement coverage but does not replace registration for compulsory insurance.

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