EU Health Care Law in a Constitutional Light: Distribution of Competences, Notions of ‘Solidarity’, and ‘Social Europe’

Neergaard, Ulla

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“…The issue of the distribution of competences is a concrete way of examining which direction European health law moves [2]. By including this dimension, it is possible to see at which level of governance the legislative competences in the area are placed, and in fact thereby also obtaining an indication of how much economic and/or social integration may be expected.…”

Section: Competencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Few Words about Health Care Law

Franjić¹

2021

J Health Care and Research

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Every person has the right to health care and the opportunity to achieve the highest possible level of health. Every person is obliged to take care of their health. No one should endanger the health of other people. Every person is obliged to provide first aid to an injured or sick person in accordance with their knowledge and abilities and to provide them with access to the nearest medical institution. Every citizen has the right to health care while respecting the highest possible standard of human rights and values, i.e. the right to physical and mental integrity and security of his personality, as well as respect for his moral, cultural, religious and philosophical beliefs.

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Section: Competencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Health care constitutes an essential element in a typical European welfare state [2]. A welfare state in Europe is originally a nation-state, where contributions to a national health care system normally are provided through taxation or by payments of premiums into an insurance scheme.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Few Words about Health Care Law

Franjić¹

2021

J Health Care and Research

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“…Надлежности Европске уније у складу са оснивачким уговорима деле се на ексклузивне (оне које припадају искључиво ЕУ и којих је само пет), подељене (са државама чланицама, у које спада највећи број области) и координативне (у којима ЕУ у складу са чл. 6 Уговора о функционисању ЕУ подржава, координише и допуњује активности држава чланица) [3,4]. У последњу надлежност спада и јавно здравље одн.…”

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Legal reforms in the field of public health and the accession of the Republic of Serbia to the European Union - a review of regulatory standards

Sjeničić

Milenković²

2019

Srp Arh Celok Lek

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САЖЕТАКПриступање Европској унији (ЕУ) представља свеобухватан процес реформе и хармонизовања законодавства са прописима ЕУ који нужно мора бити праћен и имплементацијом стандарда ЕУ. Иако су надлежности Европске уније у области здравствене заштите ограничене, а здравствено право не представља значајан део европског законодавства, у бројним областима је неопходно извршити усаглашавање и спровести даље реформе. Главни фокус овог рада представља преговарачко Поглавље 28 у оквиру процеса приступања ЕУ, које у домену јавног здравља обухвата више тематских области, у којима постоје законодавни и стратешки акти ЕУ. Имајући у виду да Србија још увек није отворила преговоре о приступању у оквиру овог поглавља и у циљу ближег упознавања здравствених радника у Србији са овом тематиком, у раду се анализирају најважнији аспекти усклађивања са правом ЕУ и потребе за даљим реформама домаћих прописа. Кључне речи: Европска унија; хармонизација законодавства; јавно здравље; процес приступања РЕГУЛАТОРНИ СТАНДАРДИ У МЕДИЦИНИ/REGULATORY STANDARDS IN MEDICINE

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“…However, such concepts are not integrated into the law, or vocabularies, of member states (Bauby 2013: 36), hence their applicability is ambiguous. Ulla Neergaard (2011: 48–49) notes that the concept of solidarity (internal to member states) has also become increasingly significant in EU law, but that the degree of immunity it affords is unclear. Consequently, although scope existed for exceptions, in increasing competition within the NHS, Labour’s reforms meant that EU competition law became increasingly applicable.…”

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confidence: 99%

Juridification, new constitutionalism and market reforms to the English NHS

Benbow

2018

Capital & Class

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Market reforms to the English National Health Service within the neo-liberal era have diverted money away from patient needs to market bureaucracies and the coffers of private companies and undermine cross subsidy and risk pooling within the National Health Service. Consequently, governments within the neo-liberal era have sought to remove the deleterious effects of their market reforms from political contestation through strategies of depoliticisation. I assess the success of the strategies of juridification (the increase of formal law) and new constitutionalism (transnational legal rules which restrict national policymaking to the model of liberal democratic capitalism) in depoliticising market reforms to the English National Health Service. As the National Health Service was increasingly marketised, European Union public procurement and competition laws became increasingly applicable, although scope exists for exceptions. The discretion afforded to commissioners by the regulations passed pursuant to S.75 of the Health and Social Care Act (2012) regarding tendering is disputed. Many commissioners have acted as though their discretion was curtailed in practice. However, there are countervailing forces to competition, such as resource constraints and recent moves towards integration (although this may also afford private sector companies with new opportunities). I contend that the privatisation that marketisation has facilitated appears highly politicised, as is evidenced by increased campaigning activity in opposition to it. Recent responses to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and prospective post-Brexit trade deals indicate a heightened awareness of the ability of external constitutional constraints to restrict National Health Service policymaking. This suggests that neither the strategies of juridification nor new constitutionalism have been successful in depoliticising market reforms to the English National Health Service.

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EU Health Care Law in a Constitutional Light: Distribution of Competences, Notions of ‘Solidarity’, and ‘Social Europe’

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

A Few Words about Health Care Law

A Few Words about Health Care Law

Legal reforms in the field of public health and the accession of the Republic of Serbia to the European Union - a review of regulatory standards

Juridification, new constitutionalism and market reforms to the English NHS

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