5 Amendments of Rebecca TAYLOR related to 2012/2258(INI)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the Commission to apply a holistic approach in regard to prevention; points out the systematic correlation between socio-economic status and health outcomes throughout life; invites the Commission and the Member States to tackle structural issues and to eliminateaddress socio-economic inequalities (which lead to health inequalities); further, questions the responsibility and pressure put on individuals to improve their health status, that is, without appropriately tacklingand while accepting that individual responsibility has a role to play in improving health status, requests that the Commission address structural issues, including health illiteracy; therefore, invites the Commission and the Member States to create structural conditions which tackle health inequalities;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Commission's ambition in regard to eHealth, making it a significant and substantial aspect of future care and cure systems; however, points out that the impact of pure technologrecognises that eHealth solutions, whilst beneficial and virtual solutions on overall, may not significantly improve health outcomes will be limited if such solutions are to replace human interaction, that is, as inrather than being integrated with a face- to- face approach between patients and health care professionals;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Acknowledges the Commission's intention to contribute to making care and cure systems more cost-efficient; however, emphasises that the continuous increase of overall (health) care costs cannot be attributed to population ageing only; furthermore, stresses that the burden of these costs are being put onthat the rise in chronic disease is a key cause of increased healthcare costs and although the risk of developing most chronic diseases increases with age, lifestyle changes can reduce that risk, delay onset or minimise the severity of chronic disease; furthermore, notes that when the burden of healthcare costs is increasingly borne by the individual, increasingly so,t can creatinge a vicious circle in whichwhereby people's health and well-being are being put at risk asby they are compelled to reallocate their often limited resources or when they haveir inability to afford the care they need, leading to postponeing, abandoning or even restrain from treatment,following treatment insufficiently, not requesting necessary assistance and inadequate nutrition; .
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges the Commission's objective to deal with legal and regulatory uncertainties and market fragmentation; however,but stresses that in these matters the needs of the population should be prioritised over internal market demandmarket reforms should take into account the importance of keeping health care affordable for citizens, and that the competences of national, regional and local governments in regard to health and social protection should be recognised, respected and complied with;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Encourages the Commission, in its assessment of Independent Living solutions, to consider the problems presented by the gap that exists in many Member States between average healthy life expectancy and pension age, potentially leaving many people with a period in which they are no longer able to work but are not yet eligible to receive their full pension entitlements;