Endvidere kan lande med helt eller delvis skattefinansierede udgifter i princippet begrænse udgifterne ved at begrænse bevillingerne til sund­hedsbudgettet, mens denne mulighed ikke er så nærliggende for lande med et forsikringsbaseret system.
In Greece, the situation is special in that everyone is either covered by the tax — financed OGA, if they live in rural areas, or by the largely con­tributory IKA system, if they live in urban areas, or by one of more than 200 smaller schemes.