drugs included in a positive list are reimbursed at three different rates and using criteria such as severity of illness availability of substitutes the importance in the therapeutic process and financial burden the contribution from the central budget to the cns is legally determined at of its total resources with no budget cap given the resilience of public finances and the favourable labour market situation the financial resources for health care are expected to be stable in the medium term however a major health reform in introduced a number of costcontainment measures to prevent shortfalls in the health insurance budget that had been projected box despite this luxembourgs economy weathered the financial crisis quite well and revenue from health insurance contributions increased more than expected