18 Amendments of Andreas MÖLZER related to 2010/2089(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B
Paragraph B
B. whereas women often find themselves in precarious situations linked to their gender, way of life, religion, agelife expectancy, social status and financial solvency,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, while citizens live, on average, longer and healthier lives than previous generations, the EU is faced with an important challenge, namely the large gaps in health which existhas set itself the task of dealing with the in some cases serious weaknesses which exist in the field of health between and within EU Member States,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the difference in life expectancy at birth between the lowest and highest socio-economic groups is 10n the European Union, depending on the Member State, is generally between 4 and 6 years for men and 6between 2 and 4 years for women, although greater disparities are sometimes observable,
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that within the internal market the accessibility and affordability of pharmaceutical treatments should be considered a key aspect of measures against health inequality and, in this regard, calls on Member States to ensure that the Transparency Directive (89/105/EEC) is being properly implemented;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C
Paragraph C
C. whereas women usually live longer than men, but suffer from health problems in later lifepend a longer portion of their life in a poor state of health,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas health inequalities have also an important gender dimension: women in general live longer than men but may spend a longer proportion of their lives in illpoorer health than men,
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EU and the Member States to includetake greater account of gender mainstreaming in their health policies and programmes;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas inequalities in health between people in higher and lower educational, occupational and income groups have in principle been found in all Member States, but in very different degrees,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas a social gradient in health status exists, whereby people in lower educational, occupational and income groups tend to die at a younger age and to have a higher prevalence of most types of health problems, in addition to which significant influential factors such as consumption of alcohol, tobacco or drugs and a healthy diet correlate very strongly with standard of education,
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Argues that opensocial, competitive and well functioning markets stimulate innovation, investment and research in the healthcare sector and may help in identifying effective healthcare models;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Commission forecasts that unemployment in the EU is likely to reach 10.3% by the end of 2010, and whereas there is widespread concern that the present economic crisis, particularly its effect on unemployment, will adversely affect population health,
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that attention must focus on the whole social gradient, with particular attention to be given to the needs of people in poverty, disadvantaged migrant and ethnic minority groups, people with disabilities, elderly people and children living in poverty;Does not affect the English version.
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the economic and financial crisis, in particular on the supply side, may lead to a reduction in the level of funding for public health and health and long-term care services as a result of budget cuts and lower tax revenues, while the demand for health and long-term care services may increase as a result of a combination of factors that contribute to the deterioration of the health status among the general population and that particularly accentuate health inequalities;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Council to evaluate measures to mitigate the impact of the economic crisis on the health care sector, in particular in the following areas: investing in health infrastructure, public health, health promotion and disease prevention, optimising funding for the health care sector, restructuring and reorganising the health care system; stresses that the objective should be not only to reduce health inequalities and increase health awareness but also to ease the burden on Member State budgets;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points to the importance of raising the average level of healthcare and, in particular the level of healthcare for disadvantaged groups, while at the same time decreasing the inequalities between the different social groups, and underlines that these objectives could be achieved through the optimisation of public spending for healthcare;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Council and the Commission to give greater recognition within the Europe 2020 strategy to the fact that health and well-being are key toimportant factors in fighting exclusion and to include indicators stratified by socio-economic status in the monitoring of the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States in making better use of EU cohesion policy and structural funds in order to support projects to address factors contributing tocombat health inequalities; calls also on the Commission to support activities financed under the PROGRESS programme;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Council to promote the tacklingreduction of health inequalities as a policy priority in all Member States, taking into account the social determinants of health, by means of actions in policy areas such as the environment, education and working conditions;