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"The report contains a set of guidelines that we consider to be valid and fair. However, there are some comments that we need to make.
The so-called austerity policies, which are profoundly anti-social in essence and in content, with cuts in public investment and the social functions of the state – specifically with regard to health – among other consequences that are extremely detrimental from an economic and social point of view, are also exacerbating inequalities in the area of health.
When, in the name of the need to reduce the budget deficit, the cost of accessing public health services increases, medicine prices increase, even for chronic illnesses, due to cuts in state subsidies, and support for patient transport to treatment and healthcare appointments is removed in areas where there is no public transport, health inequalities will increase, as is happening at the moment in Portugal. The effect of this is that people on lower incomes have increasing difficulty in accessing healthcare.
Rather than mere words, what is needed is a real change in the content of policies. Neoliberal policies need to be dispensed with, and effective equality of opportunity guaranteed, not least in terms of access to healthcare."@en1
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