STORTINGET (Dagbladet): – He is so incredibly insensitive of Kjerkol. And this is irresponsible, Abid Raja tells Dagbladet.
The top left is now advancing as part of a unified bourgeois wing in the Storting. They urgently ask the government to wait for the abolition of free therapeutic choice.
– Unfortunately we realize that the battle is lost for now. But we are deeply concerned that it is happening too fast and that crucial treatment sites will disappear. Our prayer to Kjerkol is that he put ideology aside and think carefully about the present. Patients must come first, adds Tone Trøen (H).
– Is it really justifiable to abolish free choice of treatment with a few months’ notice, Wilhelmsen Trøen rhetorically asks.
His answer to his own question is “no”.
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A day of joy…
The government, on the other hand, will abolish the free choice of treatments as early as the new year. The prayer of a united bourgeois wing is therefore as follows: Wait, Ingvild Kjerkol!
But the Minister of Health will not wait. Ingvild Kjerkol (AP) moved to Dagbladet, and described the abolition of free choice of treatment as “a day of joy”.
– We are now getting rid of a privatization reform that has not helped improve the health service or reduce waiting times for treatment, Kjerkol said.
– Damned nonsense
Fear of queues and chaos
From 1 January it is no longer possible to freely choose between public healthcare, private healthcare with an agreement with the public sector and private healthcare with an agreement from Helfo.
From the bourgeois side, you immediately saw red – and they still do.
– We fear an increase in queues for healthcare, the bifurcation of the healthcare service, the environments of competence that are experiencing the effects of the weather and fewer treatment posts, summarizes Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen.
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Patient enough for everyone
For the first time since last year’s electoral defeat, a united civilian wing is now speaking out on the same issue.
KrF leader Olaug Bollestad points to a number of treatment centers he fears will disappear overnight. Bollestad says these are treatment alternatives that ensure a strong professional environment and better treatment options for most people.
– These are actors who show results and help people when they need it most. After all, there are enough patients for both public and private actors.
– Have you given up on public health?
– No. The point is that the public hospital must collaborate with non-profit and private actors. Strengthen the public health service for all.
– Just answer!
– It is reprehensible to cheer
Free choice of treatment means that patients are given the choice of where they want to be treated, including private practitioners.
The scheme was introduced in 2015 by then Minister of Health and Care Bent Høie (H).
FRP’s Bård Hoksrud reacts particularly sharply to the fact that Kjerkol celebrated his breakthrough so clearly.
– It is reprehensible for a health minister to rejoice at having abolished an offer that helps so many sick people and relatives. Government takes away people’s ability to decide about their own lives.
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Requires warranty
Hoksrud adds that free choice of treatment gives patients the opportunity to get the treatment they feel is right.
– Does the government promise that the Norwegian healthcare system will come out stronger?
– Free choice of treatment gives people freedom of choice and I can guarantee that this will only result in longer treatment queues, says Hoksrud.
Abid Raja concludes that the bourgeois team is not satisfied until they get a guarantee from Kjerkol.
– We are not satisfied until Ingvild Kjerkol takes the podium and ensures that no care places disappear from the Norwegian healthcare system. We asked her about it many times but never got a clear answer. As it stands, it is highly irresponsible of Kjerkol to abolish free choice of treatment, says the leftist expert.
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Kjerkol: – Important and right
Ingvild Kjerkol says that “unlike bourgeois parties” he will use the resources to strengthen the public health service.
– Funds that went to free-choice providers of treatment will now go to bolster hospitals in the same specialist areas. It’s an important and correct change of course, he tells Dagbladet.
Kjerkol will not delay the introduction of the free choice of treatment, as the bourgeois gang of four demands.
– We do not deprive the patient of the right to choose the place of treatment. However, all patients in the specialist health service must be able to choose between public offers and private offers that health organizations have acquired through tenders. Hospitals must ensure that patients receiving treatment through the scheme continue to receive the services they need when the scheme is discontinued, the health minister adds.
