In the autumn, an inquiry found that private health insurance needs to be regulated if the principle of equal care for all is to be maintained.
But the investigation was criticized as it did not contain any concrete measures to limit the insurance.
The government is now appointing a supplementary inquiry into private health insurance.
- In a so-called market-based healthcare system, those who pay the most receive care first, says Minister of Social Affairs Lena Hallengren (S) at a press conference.
The criticism of the private insurances is that those with insurance can buy into faster care.
"Private caregivers need to choose"
Today, private care providers can provide both publicly financed and privately financed care, which the government now wants to put a stop to and requests two supplementary proposals for the investigation.
On the one hand, a private care provider who enters into an agreement with a region shall not be allowed to receive insurance patients for such care to which the agreement does not relate.
On the one hand, a publicly funded care provider will only be allowed to receive referred patients from private care providers who have an agreement with the region.
- These proposals are sharp.
Private care providers need to choose - either you have an agreement with a region, you receive the taxpayers as patients.
Or you have an agreement with an insurance company and receive their customers.
In this way, we ensure that it is not possible to buy priority in publicly funded healthcare, says Hallengren.
The investigation must be reported no later than 30 June 2022.
- During the next term, these proposals could become a reality, says Hallengren.