Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-04-23-Speech-4-069"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-04-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Patients' rights in cross-border healthcare (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090423.3.4-069"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-04-23-Speech-4-0702
lpv:speaker	lp:David Martin2
lpv:spoken text	"The proposal for a cross border health-care system must be first and foremost a system which respects patients’ rights, which is based on public health as well as internal market principles and which does not discriminate against patients based on ability to pay for medical treatment. From my own perspective, I believe that the National Health Service in the UK must have the right to insist on the prior authorisation by patients wishing to benefit from medical treatment abroad. UK patients that cannot afford to travel abroad for medical treatment must not be discriminated against by those who can afford the up-front medical costs but who plan to reclaim these costs from the NHS on their return to the UK. I see this practice as unfair as it allows patients to get priority treatment abroad, thereby ‘jumping the queue’ within the NHS system."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Labour Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2007-02-15--2009-07-13)3 member; INTA (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"David Martin (PSE ),"1 "in writing"1

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