– If one wants to go to the family doctor or if clinic believe you need further assistance, please adolescents pay the deductible. This means that many do not seek the help they should have, said Minister in his speech to the AUF summer camp on Utøya, which was officially opened on Thursday and lasts until Sunday.
Deductible for visits to a general practitioner in the daytime is currently on 152 kroner. the proposal would cost about 100 million, according to calculations Labor has been conducted by Parliament’s report section. Today, all under 16 years exempt from deductibles.
– Utøya is AUF heart
– Dropper doctor visits because of price
Minister believes youngsters often need more help than the clinic can offer.
– today it is free for young people to go to health centers until they are 18 years old. But with their doctor they have to pay the deductible, says Støre.
Labor leader believes many youths drop doctor visits because of the deductible, and think it may be difficult to ask for money in order to go to the doctor if the problem is hard to talk about.
– Therefore we promise that if we win the election, we will remove deductibles with their doctor for youth up to 18 years, says Støre.
the proposal is coming this fall
Ap shows that more young people went to the doctor after the deductible in 2010 was removed for the age group 12-15 years.
Researchers at the University of Oslo found that 13 per cent boys and 18 percent more girls saw a doctor after it was free. The study adjusted for growth in adjacent age groups.
– The academic conclusion is clear: Deductibles affects the number of physician visits among youth, wrote the researchers.
Labor will take up the proposal when the White Paper on priorities in health services should be treated in the autumn.
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