Journalist and healthcare expert Jeroen Wester arranged the care for his uncle Cees for many years. And that didn’t go without a hitch. Even for him, the healthcare landscape was a bureaucratic maze full of contradictory services and contradictory rules. If getting around was difficult for him, how is it for other citizens?
In this Hague Affairs we talk about Uncle Cees and what his story stands for. You will hear from Jeroen Wester and investigative journalist Derk Stokmans about bureaucratic executive organisations, a distant government and distrust in citizens. And how to solve those problems.
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- Presentation:
- Gus Valk
- Guests:
- Derk Stokmans & Jeroen Wester
- Editorial & Production:
- Ignace Schoot & Vita van Lennep
- Edit:
- Peter Baker
- Illustration:
- Bart Nistad