Activities of Hanne DAHL related to 2008/0142(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Patients' rights in cross-border healthcare (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 - subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 - subparagraph 1 a (new)
This Directive establishes a general framework for the provision of safe, high quality and efficient cross-border healthcare All EU citizens shall have free and equal access to healthcare in turn and according to need.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 - subparagraph 1 a (new)
All Member States shall have the right under this Directive to decide whether healthcare should be provided by the public sector if the healthcare is provided on their territory.
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – points c a and c b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – points c a and c b (new)
ca) the publicly designated authorising authority refers the patient to receive healthcare at places of treatment in other Member States; cb) the publicly designated authorising authority undertakes in advance to provide financial cover for treatments in the Member State of affiliation or in another Member State as a condition of the Member State of affiliation covering the costs.
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The costs of healthcare provided in another Member State shall be reimbursed by the Member State of affiliation in accordance with the provisions of this Directive up to the level of costs that would have been assumed had the same or similar healthcare been provided in the Member State of affiliation, without exce. If the cost of the care provided ing the actual costs of healthcare received the Member State of affiliation is higher than in the other Member State, the Member State of affiliation shall pay the difference into a solidarity treatment fund in the other Member States. This solidarity treatment fund shall provide support to enable patients from the cheaper countries to obtain full cover for treatment in the more expensive countries.
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States shall, in accordance with the 'turn and need' principle, when setting out the time limits within which requests for the use of healthcare in another Member State must be dealt with, take into account: