Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-04-23-Speech-4-045"

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lpv:document identification number	"en.20090423.3.4-045"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Ria Oomen-ruijten2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2007-03-22--2009-07-13)3 substitute; EMPL (2007-03-20--2009-07-13)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2007-03-22--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2007-02-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-03-28--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, first of all, my very best wishes to Mr Bowis. In this directive, the patient is at the centre, the vocal citizen who can and also wants to opt for the best treatment, preferably nearby, but if it is farther away, then also afar. For this legislation we have to thank the very brave citizens of the European Union who turned to the Court of Justice in order to obtain good treatment and care in another Member State when their own country let them down. The Court declared that they were right. Today, we are setting down in law what the Court of Justice decided, and we are also formulating the specific conditions under which the right to cross-border care can be achieved for the vocal citizen. Mr President, this directive is fantastic news for everyone living in border regions, fantastic news for people with rare diseases, fantastic news for people facing waiting lists because, by September, their hips will give out. These people now have a choice. We have made better arrangements for information, we have defined the rules for reimbursement more precisely, and we have laid down the European reference networks that ensure that the quality of care will be improved. We have provided for dispute resolution via an ombudsman, although there were other options as well. I would refer to the Dutch model of dispute resolution in healthcare that was launched recently. We have the option of using trial regions, and we in the border region of Limburg, where I come from, would be glad to take part. We have also noted that the healthcare systems in the Member States have been left unchanged. Citizens are given the right to choose, and I consider that freedom of choice to be very important."@en1
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