2026-04-222025/26:SoU16 · p.1SoUHealth & social services
Healthcare organisation and financing
State governance of the organization of healthcare
What's at stake: How the organization and financing of healthcare are governed affects how quickly care queues shrink, how equal care is across the country, and the scope for running healthcare services in sparsely populated areas, which particularly affects patients in regions with poorer access to care.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the Riksdag should direct further demands at the government on how the organization and financing of healthcare should change, or let the government's ongoing initiatives in this area continue without additions.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee agrees that state governance of healthcare needs to be strengthened but points out that the government has already taken several steps - including a coordinator against care queues, an inquiry into a strengthened care guarantee, and support for healthcare in sparsely populated areas - and therefore rejects the motions.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 2 (C)
The reservation wants a new form of rural primary care introduced, so that small clinics with one doctor and one nurse can be set up where the need is greatest, and wants the government to simplify and make the regulatory framework more flexible for this.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 2 by C.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
V
–
Abstain 0/0/16/6
S
–
Yes 89/0/1/16
MP
–
Abstain 0/0/13/5
Cown reservation
–
No 0/20/0/4
L
–
Yes 11/0/0/5
KD
–
Yes 14/0/0/5
M
–
Yes 55/0/0/11
SD
–
Yes 60/0/0/10
Broke with the party line
SÅsa Eriksson(S, Västmanlands län)
Abstain — party line: Yes
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions
2025/26:459 by Gudrun Brunegård (KD) demand 3,
2025/26:668 by Hanna Westerén (S),
2025/26:2035 by Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M),
2025/26:2709 by Saila Quicklund (M),
2025/26:2777 by Nooshi Dadgostar et al. (V) demands 2 and 13,
2025/26:2954 by Marléne Lund Kopparklint and Jan Ericson (both M),
2025/26:3179 by Christofer Bergenblock et al. (C) demand 2 and
2025/26:3542 by Nils Seye Larsen et al. (MP) demands 1-4, 14, 16, 29 and 32.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2025/26:459 av Gudrun Brunegård (KD) yrkande 3,
2025/26:668 av Hanna Westerén (S),
2025/26:2035 av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M),
2025/26:2709 av Saila Quicklund (M),
2025/26:2777 av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V) yrkandena 2 och 13,
2025/26:2954 av Marléne Lund Kopparklint och Jan Ericson (båda M),
2025/26:3179 av Christofer Bergenblock m.fl. (C) yrkande 2 och
2025/26:3542 av Nils Seye Larsen m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 1-4, 14, 16, 29 och 32.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag rejected 176 proposals in motions about healthcare organisation from the general motion period 2025. The proposals concern, among other things, healthcare organisation and financing, privatisation and the law on freedom-of-choice systems, accessible and equitable care, mental health in adults, children and young people, and comorbidity.
The Riksdag refers primarily to ongoing work.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to enable smaller medical practices in rural areas. (C) — Reservation 2
Motion 2025/26:1325 — Åtgärder för att förhindra att den offentligt drivna primärvården avvecklas genom bolagisering och utförsäljning av Sanna Backeskog m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1340 — Nationellt psykiatrilyft - hela vårdkedjan, hela landet av Sanna Backeskog m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1634 — Lagen om valfrihetssystem av Markus Kallifatides m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:171 — Politik för äldres rättigheter och välmående av Nadja Awad m.fl. (V)
Motion 2025/26:1781 — Skärpta möjligheter till tvångsvård för farliga personer av Jan Ericson (M)
Motion 2025/26:2035 — Synen och sjukvårdssystemet av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
Motion 2025/26:205 — Husläkare och artificiell intelligens av Josef Fransson (SD)
Motion 2025/26:2077 — Samverkan kring psykiatrisk vård av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
Motion 2025/26:2157 — Ambulansflyg och ambulanshelikoptrar av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
Motion 2025/26:2205 — Upplåtelseavtal med fokus på kvinnohälsa av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
Motion 2025/26:2211 — Kvalitetssäkring av ambulanssjukvården av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
Motion 2025/26:230 — Uppsökande verksamhet och hembesök som förstahandsalternativ inom barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin av Johnny Svedin (SD)
Motion 2025/26:238 — Omvårdnad och terapeutisk behandling som första åtgärd inom bup av Johnny Svedin (SD)
Motion 2025/26:2427 — Kvinnors valfrihet och rätt till vård av Merit Frost Lindberg m.fl. (M)
Motion 2025/26:2433 — Diskriminering av kvinnors företagande av Merit Frost Lindberg m.fl. (M)
Motion 2025/26:2448 — Sammanhållen vård för multisjuka av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)