membership offers several opportunities, which can be applied in the fields of either prevention or health care or healthy way of lifestyle. By contrast, it is absolutely not sure that the opportunities are known and taken advantage of as well; no direct relationship was detected on the basis of our samples (p=0.85). Conclusions: Health care expenditures are continually growing, which will not be able to be financed by the government, thus the role of the supplementary health insurance is greatly appreciated not only in Hungary but in the European Union also.

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