Access to medication

The plan requires that the costs of care and medication shall be affordable for all and that care shall be comprehensive, evidence-based and prioritized based on needs. A task to develop measures for increased medication availability without requirements for cost neutrality responds to the needs of patients with rare conditions. The plan also opposes resources needed for complex healthcare needs going to something else.

• affordable medication costsdecisive»Kostnaderna för vård och läkemedel ska vara överkomliga för« (party programme ↗)“The costs of care and medication shall be affordable for”
• care based on need»evidens och prioriteras utifrån behov.« (party programme ↗)“evidence and prioritized based on needs.”
• resources for complex care needs»Det är inte acceptabelt att stora resurser, som behövs till människor med komplext eller långvarigt behov av vård istället går till nätläkartjänster för att behandla vanlig snuva och andra mindre åkommor hos friska människor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is not acceptable that large resources, needed for people with complex or long-term care needs, go instead to online doctor services to treat common colds and other minor ailments in healthy people.”
• state medication capacity»Vi vill att staten äger apoteken och bygger upp en egen kapacitet« (party programme ↗)“We want the state to own pharmacies and build up its own capacity”

The plan's explicit commitment to access to medicines and other drugs throughout the country, together with equal rights to good care through society's provision, speaks for measures that increase access even when they cost. That the task is explicitly exempted from requirements for cost neutrality is in line with care being provided according to need and being at the medical frontier. The plan therefore supports the requirement.

• medicines throughout the countrydecisive»Tillgång till medicin, vaccin och andra läkemedel i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Access to medicines, vaccines and other drugs throughout the country.”
• equal rights to care»Lika rätt för alla till god hälso- och sjukvård genom samhällets försorg.« (party programme ↗)“Equal rights for all to good health and medical care through society's provision.”
• medical frontier»Sjukvård i teknisk och medicinsk framkant.« (party programme ↗)“Health care at the technical and medical frontier.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan explicitly commits to improving support for people with rare diagnoses regardless of where in the country they live, and that life-saving medicines must reach those who need them. A government agency mandate to develop concrete measures to increase access to medicines for rare health conditions is a direct expression of that. That the mandate does not require cost neutrality aligns with the plan's principle that care is provided according to need, not ability to pay.

• support for rare diagnosesdecisive»förbättra stödet för personer med funktionsnedsättning och sällsynta diagnoser oavsett var du bor i landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“improve support for people with disabilities and rare diagnoses regardless of where you live in the country.”
• medicines must reach those who need them»Livsnödvändiga läkemedel som finns tillgängliga måste« (party programme ↗)“Life-saving medicines that are available must”
• care according to need»förebyggande hälsosatsningar och tillgång till vård efter behov« (party programme ↗)“preventive health initiatives and access to care according to need”

The party programme establishes that care in publicly financed health care shall be provided according to need and not according to ability to pay and that publicly financed care shall be equivalent for everyone. Concrete measures to increase access to medicines for rare health conditions follow from that principle. However, that the mandate is explicitly exempted from cost-neutrality requirements clashes with the manifesto's demand to steward taxpayers' money, which makes the assessment uncertain.

• care according to needdecisive»att snabbt få vård i den offentligt finansierade sjukvården ska ges efter behov och inte efter betalningsförmåga.« (party programme ↗)“to quickly receive care in publicly financed health care shall be provided according to need and not according to ability to pay.”
• equivalent public financing»Det som det offentliga finansierar ska vara likvärdigt för alla och med samma goda kvalitet till alla.« (party programme ↗)“What the public finances shall be equivalent for all and with the same good quality for all.”
• the person at the centre of care»Vi ska bygga en vård och omsorg som sätter människan i centrum.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall build care and support that puts people at the centre.”
• stewardship of tax funds»Politiken ska hushålla med skattebetalarnas pengar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Politics shall steward taxpayers' money.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme explicitly points out that expanded national coordination and governance shall improve care options for rare diagnoses and increase access to care in sparsely populated parts of the country. An assignment to develop concrete measures for increased access to medicines, based on rare health conditions, directly addresses this. The plan also establishes that care should be organized based on the individual's needs and be equal regardless of place of residence.

• better care for rare diagnosesdecisive»Det behövs en utökad nationell samordning och styrning. Det stärker likvärdigheten och valfriheten, förbättrar vårdmöjligheterna för sällsynta diagnoser och ökar tillgången till hälso- och sjukvård i landets glest befolkade delar.« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for expanded national coordination and governance. This strengthens equality and freedom of choice, improves care options for rare diagnoses, and increases access to healthcare in sparsely populated parts of the country.”
• equal access to care»Vården ska vara jämlik. Var och en har rätt till god vård och omsorg oavsett bakgrund, kön, ålder, ekonomi eller bostadsort.« (party programme ↗)“Care should be equal. Everyone has the right to good care and support regardless of background, gender, age, economy, or place of residence.”
• access to modern medicines»Barn och unga med kroniska sjukdomar ska ha tillgång till medicin och medicinsk-tekniska behandlingar som är moderna och utgår från patientens behov och Socialstyrelsens riktlinjer.« (party programme ↗)“Children and young people with chronic diseases should have access to modern medicines and medical-technical treatments that are based on the patient's needs and National Board of Health and Welfare guidelines.”
• needs-based publicly financed care»Vård och omsorg ska i huvudsak betalas över skattsedeln och ska alltid organiseras utifrån individens behov.« (party programme ↗)“Care and support should mainly be financed through taxes and should always be organized based on the individual's needs.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme stipulates that the solidaristically financed care shall be needs-driven and explicitly opposes a policy based solely on utilitarian ethics. Precisely for that reason the plan bears the counter-proposal's demand for measures to increase access to medicines without requirements for cost neutrality, based on medicines for rare health conditions. That medicines shall be covered by a solidaristically financed system points in the same direction.

• needs-driven caredecisive»Den solidariskt finansierade hälso- och sjukvården är välfärdens kärna och ska vara behovsstyrd.« (party programme ↗)“The solidaristically financed healthcare is the core of welfare and shall be needs-driven.”
• no to pure cost-benefit calculation»Vi kristdemokrater vänder oss emot den politik, som enbart baseras på nyttoetiken« (party programme ↗)“We Christian Democrats oppose the policy which is based solely on utilitarian ethics”
• solidaristically financed medicines»Läkemedel ska efter särskilt godkännande omfattas av ett solidariskt finansierat system.« (party programme ↗)“Medicines shall after special approval be covered by a solidaristically financed system.”
• care even for the most vulnerable»Även människor som har svårt att nyttja sin valfrihet ska ha tillgång till en god, trygg och värdig vård.« (party programme ↗)“Even people who have difficulty exercising their choice shall have access to good, secure and dignified care.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The counter-proposal's core demand is that the assignment be given without a requirement for cost neutrality. The plan explicitly establishes that all new pledges and reforms need to be financed or fit within the surplus target and that the surplus target shall be protected, and that major needs require priorities. An assignment that is decoupled from financing in advance conflicts with that budget discipline, even though the plan's requirement for equitable care speaks for increased access in substance.

• new reforms must be financeddecisive»Alla nya löften och reformer – som till exempel våra inkomstskattesänkningar – behöver finansieras eller rymmas inom överskottsmålet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All new pledges and reforms – such as our income tax cuts – need to be financed or fit within the surplus target.”
• surplus target protected»Överskottsmålet ska värnas och det är inte aktuellt att övergå till ett balansmål.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The surplus target shall be protected and it is not appropriate to switch to a balanced budget target.”
• clear prioritisation»Vi vet vad som måste göras – och vad som får vänta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We know what must be done – and what can wait.”
• equitable care»Alla har rätt till likvärdig vård – som kan ges i rätt tid och håller hög kvalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Everyone has the right to equitable care - that can be given at the right time and maintains high quality.”

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The plan establishes that Swedish healthcare must always have high medical quality with well-developed accessibility throughout Sweden and that citizens in a high-tax country have the right to expect good and accessible healthcare. A mandate to develop concrete measures for increased access to medicines, including for rare conditions, aligns with this. The plan, however, simultaneously requires clear results from every public investment, which makes support for the requirement to deviate from cost-neutrality less certain.

• high quality and accessibilitydecisive»Svensk sjukvård ska alltid ha en mycket hög medicinsk kvalitet med väl utbyggd tillgänglighet över hela Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish healthcare must always have very high medical quality with well-developed accessibility throughout Sweden.”
• good and accessible healthcare»Sverigedemokraterna anser att medborgare i ett högskatteland har rätt att förvänta sig en god och tillgänglig sjukvård, även utanför storstäderna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats believe that citizens in a high-tax country have the right to expect good and accessible healthcare, even outside major cities.”
• access to critical goods»Öka den svenska självförsörjningsgraden av kritiska produkter och varor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase Sweden's self-sufficiency in critical products and goods”
• results requirement for public investments»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results from every public investment”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.