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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-01-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"lt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110119.20.3-222-500"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-01-19-Speech-3-223-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Juozas Imbrasas2
lpv:spokenAs	member; TRAN (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; EFD (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partija Tvarka ir teisingumas (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2009-09-16--2012-02-14)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; REGI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"I voted in favour of this document, because it aims to strengthen patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare. It is regrettable that today, there is too much uncertainty surrounding access to care, reimbursements and responsibility for clinical follow-up in relation to cross-border healthcare. This directive is intended to allow all patients – and not only the best informed or richest – to enjoy a series of healthcare rights which have already been recognised by the Court of Justice of the European Union. The aim of this document is absolutely not to encourage cross-border healthcare as such, but to ensure its availability, safety and quality when it is of use or necessary. The directive is intended to offer patients a choice which is based on their needs, not their means, and which is informed, not made under duress. Furthermore, I agree with Parliament’s position that, in order to avoid discrimination against people on lower incomes, the Member State of origin must pay directly the hospital in the other Member State that is providing the treatment, without requiring citizens to settle an account in advance, or any costs incurred by the patient should at least be reimbursed immediately. It is also very important for every Member State to establish national contact centres to provide patients with all the necessary information, i.e. about the availability of healthcare, procedures and the required documentation."@en1

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