3 Amendments of Constance LE GRIP related to 2013/2044(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current economic crisis has been aggravated by austerity measures that have led to cuts in national health budgets; whereas this has resulted in setbacks for the right to women’s health protection and had a serious impact on the most disadvantaged groups – children, the elderly, people with disabilities, migrants and ethnic minorities – as their access to health in general is now more difficult, given the increase in healthcare costs and the professional and social devaluation of health professionaland the adoption of policies to combat public deficits have led in some Member States to a reduction in national health budgets; whereas this has resulted in a risk of reduced access to healthcare for the most disadvantaged groups – children, the elderly, people with disabilities, migrants and ethnic minorities;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly recommends that budgetary cuts in public health systems need to be counteracted and that there should, on the contrary, be increaseda thoroughgoing reform of public health systems which should be complemented by more effective investment in these services in order to meet the needs of the whole population, and in particular to tackle gender inequalities in health and to ensure equal access to health care for the most disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges Member States to adopt policies that promote health and the prevention of disease through the guarantee of free, universal and quality health care for the most disadvantaged groups, with particular attention to guaranteeing primary health care, preventive medicine, access to diagnoses, treatment and rehabilitation; calls for provision of the means required to combat the main public health problems facing women and guarantee the right to sexual and reproductive health, health services for women who are victims of violence, and health care for infants;