Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-15-Speech-3-147"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Supplementary health insurance2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001115.6.3-147"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-15-Speech-3-1482
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean-Louis Bernié2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2001-07-01)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2001-07-01)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-07-04)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the observations made by Michel Rocard on the right to health and social protection are alarming but, unfortunately, pertinent. During the 1990s, a sharp fall in contributions has penalised health funds. Almost everywhere in Europe this has resulted in a ticket system which penalises patients by making them contribute to the cost of medical treatment and in the marked decline of preventative medicine. We must therefore ensure better reimbursement of costs. I wish to highlight the uniqueness of the French insurance environment, in which the mutualist sector ensures good unified management of care. If more and more Europeans turn to supplementary health insurance in order to reimburse health care costs, the mutualist sector will remain the best guarantee for equal access to care. In particular I have in mind the areas in which costs are reimbursed at the lowest levels: dental and eye treatment and so on. In order to ensure the survival of this sector, in my view it is vital that we give mutual societies a legal base in the field of supplementary cover. I also think it crucial that the Commission should not attack this sector on the grounds of distortion of competition. Who will be able to guarantee that discrimination on the grounds of health, handicap or impediment is prohibited and not practised, if supplementary health insurance is regulated simply by the logic of competition? With human genetic mapping, it is necessary to prohibit genetic tests and the use of their results before the conclusion or during the term of a supplementary health protection contract. The same applies to the health of all the citizens of our Member States and the cohesion of our territories. Regional inequalities in terms of development are glaring enough. Let us not add to this a two-speed Europe of health. We must of course legislate, but we must do this by respecting the individual characteristics and insurance traditions of each Member State."@en1

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