Election Guide 2002 - Sweden.se

v Introduce a health service voucher to strengthen
the ability of the individual to choose his or her
care provider.
v Allow financial co-ordination between social
insurance offices and health service nation-wide,
to reduce the long periods of sickness absence.
v Introduce family doctors for a continuity of
personal medical service and better access to care.
v Permit private health service, so as to achieve better
care, shorter waiting lists and better working
conditions for employees.
v Introduce legislation on the rights of the mentally ill.
v Reduce the age limit for the dental care cost ceiling
from the present 65 to 60.
v Abolish mandatory referral immediately.
v Draw up a national action plan against misuse of
prescripted medicin.
Elderly care
v Introduce an elderly care voucher to give older
persons more freedom of choice.
v Legislate against discrimination of the elderly.
v Establish an ombudsman for older persons in every
municipality, to strengthen the rights of the
individual.
v Persons in sheltered housing are entitled to single
occupancy if they want one.
v Increase the number of doctors and nurses servicing
houses for elderly.
v Introduce health service guarantee to ensure that
every municipality will offer dignified care and
attention to older persons in need of it.
v Introduce better financial support for care in the
home.
v Improve transport assistance services.
v Stop the reduction of widow’s pensions.
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