Statements

Closeness to the government reform

Partial criticism of the reform

Unity among members with the same points of view

Changes in opinion

“The health reform proposed by the national government will be disadvantageous to the state in the long run.” [27]

−3

3

−1

2

“Health reform does not combat the underlying problems in health and if approved the remedy would be worse than the sickness.” [28]

−2

2

−2

2

“The statutory and ordinary laws reform project presented by the government toward the system reform for assuring healthcare, far from controlling the costs of the system, will raise them substantially.” [29]

−2

2

1

2

“The new health system would not improve the present situation because it does not address the problems of the patients’ quality of services, opportunity nor comprehensiveness.” [30]

−3

3

−1

3

“The project transforms the EPSes which for 20 years have struggled for its members in simple messengers who take and bring documents, who take and bring messages.” [31]

−3

2

−1

3

“No serious and responsible private EPS could turn into a ‘Gestor’ with the proposed rules.” [32]

−3

2

3

2

“We agree for the state to assume total responsibility for insuring, through direct affiliation, resource charges and their administration and direct pay to the health providers, functions that up to now have been carried out by the EPSes.” [33]

3

−3

−3

3

“The EPSes have always assured that they are not interested in managing the resources of the system and that they agree for the government to take care of this task.” [34]

3

−2

−1

3

−10

9

−5

20