5 Amendments of Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT related to 2013/2044(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas certain groups, for example women with a disability, have to spend more money than the rest of the population;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the currentin this time of economic crisis has been aggravated by austerity measures that have led to cuts in national health budgets; whereas this has resulted in setbacks for the right to women’s health protection and had a serious impact on the most disadvantaged groups – children, the elderly, people with disabilities, migrants and ethnic minorities – as their access to health in general is now more difficult, given the increase in healthcare costs and the professional and social devaluation of health professional, adjustments to public health budgets could have damaging effects on women’s health protection, especially within the most disadvantaged groups – children, the elderly, people with disabilities, migrants and ethnic minorities;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in 2011, 24.2% of the European Union population (119.6 million people) was considered at risk of poverty and/or social exclusion, with 25 million of these being children; whereas women encounter greater obstacles when entering the labour market, making it more difficult for them to lead ordered and independent lives;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly recommends that budgetary cuadjustments into public health systems need to be counteracted and that there should, on the contrary, be increasedbudgets should not affect those who are particularly vulnerable, but that such groups should constitute a priority, focusing special attention on investment in these services in order to meet the needs of the whole population, and in particular to tackle gender inequalities in health and to ensure equal access to health care for the most disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges Member States to adopt policies that promote health and the prevention of disease through the guarantee of free, universal and quality health care, with particular attention to guaranteeing primary health care, preventive medicine, access to diagnoses, treatment and rehabilitation; calls for public health systems to class vulnerable groups as users with special needs and to be provided with the resources and referral facilities required in order to deliver proper care; calls for provision of the means required to combat the main public health problems facing women and guarantee the right to sexual and reproductivea high standard of health care, health services for women who are victims of violence, and health care for infants;