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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011212.3.3-111"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-12-12-Speech-3-1122
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2000-11-09--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Without democratic regulation by the state, health becomes a commodity. This commodity is available to anyone who is rich and powerful but not to anyone who is poor and powerless. We see that the average life expectancy of disadvantaged population groups is shorter than that of privileged groups. There is constant pressure to replace income-dependent insurance premiums with a premium that is the same for everyone regardless of their income. Commercial companies offer special care to anyone who can and will pay for it. Hospitals are going into the commercial market; people with the most money can queue-jump and loss-making treatments are being scrapped. Waiting lists are being created, people are being referred to distant hospitals in other Member States, and the number of unnecessary deaths is increasing. To combat this trend, it is important for governments to provide good healthcare that is accessible to everyone. A European programme of Community action in the field of public health can contribute to this. However, it is necessary that the amendments rejected after the first reading get a comfortable majority today, so that we can clearly establish that health is not a commodity and is not subject to financial compromises, and that there is a great deal to be improved in the area of healthcare in many Member States, which has been neglected for the past twelve years."@en1

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