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European policy in the area of healthcare should not confine itself to regulating patient mobility or creating a unified market. We must avoid a two-speed policy by means of which anyone who is financially secure can choose to travel to find the best care.
That undermines social and territorial cohesion and solidarity, and is therefore inappropriate. Healthcare – just like other social services of general interest – often forms part of a national structure of social protection which ensures that the citizens’ fundamental rights are safeguarded.
It was for those reasons that this House, last year, decided to exclude health services from the Services Directive. We should not undo this today!
The text that was approved a moment ago which examines the impact and implications of this exclusion, urges the Commission to develop a suitable instrument to codify jurisprudence in respect of the rights and duties of mobile patients as well as care providers. I do not believe that this goes far enough.
If jurisdiction is taken as the only basis for policy, then this does not do justice to the importance of this area in a social Europe. Health is a fundamental right. Everyone is entitled to travel to a different country in order to receive the best care. Every care provider, as well as the Member States involved, has the duty to place all patients on an equal footing."@en1
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