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"The Danish Social Democrats in the European Parliament have today voted in favour of Michel Rocard’s report on supplementary health insurance.
The report takes as its starting point the observation that an ever greater proportion of health insurance in Europe is covered by supplementary health insurance schemes. This is a serious problem if it means that people are to be treated differently on the basis of their financial circumstances and health situation. In the course of the debate in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the matter was brought to a head when our fellow MEPs from the British Conservative Party said that, in insurance, the premium is based on the risk assumed by the insurance company. For example, a woman genetically disposed to breast cancer must pay a higher premium than other women. This is a breach of absolutely fundamental principles of solidarity on which the European social model ought to be based, and a common initiative ought therefore to be taken to ensure that no one is excluded from such supplementary schemes.
Michel Rocard’s report emphasises that health insurance is primarily a concern for the Member States and that the proximity principle should apply. If the European Parliament is asking the Commission to produce an inventory of the Member States’ policies, it is precisely because we have a common interest in all Member States having access to high-quality health services. The better the health services provided by the Member States, the less need there is for supplementary insurance. This is an area on which it will be natural to work within the framework of the open coordination method, as the European Council has begun doing in connection with combating social exclusion."@en1
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