(If you have not done so, please read my Dutch healthcare overview post first)
Apparently the huisarts can refuse to see you if you don't live in the town where the doctor's office is located.
For example: I live in The Hague. If I heard there was a really awesome huisarts in Rotterdam and went to visit him/her, that doctor COULD refuse to see me simply because I don't live in Rotterdam.
I know in the US that a doctor's office can stop accepting new patients or might not be in my health insurance network. If the latter, I believe the doctor's office wouldn't care as long as the patient was willing to pay cash up front. To the best of my knowledge, I've never heard of a doctor refusing to see someone because they lived in another town.
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