Expatica. com, a UK expatriates web site, has rated the health care system of Belgium as one best healthcare systems in Europe. The hospitals in Belgium are a blend of state and non-profit hospitals. Each mutual is funded by the state and the funding depends on its membership numbers.

Hospitals and GP clinics in Belgium are private and typically managed by universities, religious organizations or mutuals. Most cities have a choice of a social welfare hospital and a religious hospital. The social welfare hospitals are highly regulated and treat the patients regardless of their ability to pay.

The Belgian Ministry of Health also provides reimbursements on homoeopathy, acupuncture, osteopathy and chiropractic treatments provided that the practitioner must be a qualified doctor.

Most of the countries do not provide hospital schemes funded by the mutual, whereas some provide partially funded mutual. In France, citizens are reimbursed between 50% and 75% of the costs by their mutuelle/mutualiteit scheme. Some GPs and hospitals have local arrangements with mutuals to reduce payments at the point of care.

Most of the citizens of the country take up for mutual insurance to top up their healthcare reimbursements.