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Health insurance and pensions ought to form part of the remuneration people receive from their work. Supplementary arrangements should only be necessary if the real provisions fall short of the mark. They are a source of profit for banks and insurance companies, which rake the money in that people save from reductions in premiums and taxes. Instead of regarding health insurance as part of remuneration for work or as part of payments replacing wages, increasingly, this provision is being made dependent on savings and investments. There is a feeling that collectivity and solidarity should be done away with so that everything can be settled on an individual basis. Everyone is being compelled just to think of their own interests, and to start attending to all kinds of unnecessary financial matters. People who do not earn or spend much no longer count for anything. One of the things this will do is create a divide in health care. People who have ordinary health insurance will end up on waiting lists and receiving second-rate care, whilst those who pay extra will be able to buy the right to priority treatment and luxury. It surprises me that rapporteur Rocard – whom as I recall, was the leader of a leftwing socialist party in the dim and distant past – is now delighted about the development of an internal market for private health care. The remainder of his proposals serve to dress the wounds that this option will cause."@en1
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