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| 2006-06-22, Brussels, Working Breakfast, “Health is Wealth: the Future of the EU Health System” |
The SME UNION of the EPP in collaboration with European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) and the SME Circle of the EPP-ED Group hosted an attractive and stimulating Working Breakfast with the title “Health is Wealth: The Future of the EU Health System” last Thursday 22nd June in the European Parliament in Brussels. The introduction and moderation was in charge of Paul Ruebig MEP and President of SME Global, who focused on the chances that the future EU health system implies for SMEs and the private sector. First speaker Felix Unger, President of EASA stated as main idea that the EU healthcare system can be ensured and organized only by adequate financing of the provision and based to standards in medicine. Prof. Unger also declared that financing in medicine is a pure political decision. |
Franz Waibel, Pfizer Executive Director on EU Government & Public Affairs oriented his speech on topics like information to patients as a means to empower them and the increment of innovation regarding patents. Avril Doyle MEP touched on subjects like the so-called Irish best practice example, the so-called treatment-purchase-fund for mobility to reduce waiting lists and how occupational health at workplaces must be a priority. Last but not least, Maurice Wagner, Director General of the European Medical Technology Industry Association (EUCOMED) remarked that incremental innovation is one of the most important engines of healthcare and that healthcare requires long time investments, and not only short time costs. Further debate with the participants like Leif Hallberg, Vice-President of the European Senior Citizens Union referred to topics like the role of generics in the future EU Health System.
Presentation by Felix Unger (EASA)
Speech given by Maurice Wagner (EUCOMED) |
| European Commission plans cross-border healthcare law |
A proposal from a framework directive on cross-border healthcare to be published on 28 November will set out the Commission‘s thinking on balancing patients’ rights and freedoms with the sustainability of national healthcare services. The Proposal follows a series of European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgments in favor of patients wanting to be treated abroad and it will target sector-specific proposals. According to the draft of the directive, the ECJ judgments make it clear that the provisions of the health services has to be in the line with “the freedom of the internal market enabling good, services, persons and capital to circulate freely”. The legal basis is for the proposed framework directive will be the internal market. The Commission‘s proposal stresses that member states remain “primarily responsible” for health services.
Communication from the Commission |
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