Definition: Compulsory medical savings account (MSA)

Category: EU legislation

Savings account that is legally compulsory, whereby the basic method for fund-raising and some issues concerning the use of the account to pay for health services are regulated by government, and where there is no pooling across individuals, except for family members. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2015.062.01.0006.01.ENG
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European Union, Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/359 of 4 March 2015 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards statistics on healthcare expenditure and financing, Official Journal of the European Union No L 62, 6.3.2015, p. 6 - 15
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