Health
490+ experts call for €10 billion ring-fenced health allocation in EU budget
More than 490 healthcare experts, researchers, academics and patient advocates from across a range of disease areas are warning that healthcare is slipping down the political agenda.
The experts are concerned that the next long-term EU budget contains no standalone provision for health, arguing that without dedicated funding, the ambition of a European Health Union cannot be realised.
In a joint letter addressed to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council António Costa and EU member state governments, the coalition calls for health to be established as a clear strategic priority, underpinned by a dedicated and ring-fenced EU budget.
“A framework without dedicated financing is not policy. It is aspiration without delivery. It is why the European Parliament has responded with overwhelming...
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