15 Amendments of Mireille D'ORNANO related to 2018/2108(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas health systems in the EUMember States are crucial for ensuring a high level of social protection, social cohesion and social justice, but are suffering from an economic and social situation that is being profoundly affected by EU budget austerity requirements;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas health systems in the EUeach Member State are crucial for ensuring a high level of social protection, social cohesion and social justice;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas healthcare systems in the EUeach Member State are facing challenges due to an ageing population, the increasing incidence of chronic diseases and budgetary constraints;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the health sector is a vital part of the EU economy, amounting to 10 % of its GDP – a figure that could rise to 12.6 % by 2060grow considerably because of the ageing population and the increasing incidence of chronic diseases;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the directive provides a clear legal basis for European cooperation and collaboration with regard to health technology assessment (HTA), eHealth, rare diseases and the safety and quality standards of healthcare services and products;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Member States are responsible for providing access to the healthcare that people require and for ensuring that the relevant costs are reimbursed; whereas the Member States’ national healthcare services are responsible for setting the criteria permitting citizens to receive healthcare in another Member State; whereas the administrative burdens imposed on citizens when they use the health system of another Member State or a third country are such as to prevent many people from having their expenses reimbursed and this situation should therefore be improved, through coordination between states;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas patients and healthcare professionals are still encountering a large information gap regarding patients’ rights in general and in particular those under the directive;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas there is considerable room for improvement and simplification in the reimbursement procedures in a number of Member States; whereas, at the same time, procedures should be strengthened to enable any cases of fraud to be detected;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the actions taken by the Commission to assess whether Member States have transposed the directive correctly;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the reasons for low patient mobility are threefold: i) some Member States were quite late implementing the directive; ii) citizens’ awareness about their general rights to reimbursement is extremely low and this access to their rights has, moreover, been hampered by the heavy administrative burdens imposed, and iii) Member States have transposed the directive in ways that could be construed as limiting cross-border healthcare;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the fact that some Member States sometimes grant lower levels of reimbursement for cross-border healthcare supplied by private or non-contracted healthcare providers on their own territories than for that supplied by public or contracted healthcare providers;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States and border regions to deepen cross-border healthcare cooperation, in an efficient and financially sustainable manner, in order to secure the best possible care for patients; asks the Commission to support and stimulate a structural exchange of best practices among border regions;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Encourages the steps already taken to increase public awareness and understanding of rare diseases and to increase funding for R&D; points out that even diseases with a very low incidence must be able to receive sufficient support;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Regrets the difficulties faced by patients in securing access to and reimbursement for medicines in other Member States, owing to differing availabilities and rules across the EU and to the burdensome administrative constraints imposed;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Acknowledges that eHealth can help to ensure that health systems are sustainableminimise certain costs and increase the sustainability of health systems and can be an important part of the EU’s response to the healthcare challenges of today;