“No, doctor don’t take a decision on the sickness benefit”
“Replica from the Insurance on the health insurance scheme”
“This is an opinion piece. It is the writer who stands for the views that are put forward in the text, not Against.”
“REPLICA. In a debate article in Aftonbladet, argues Susanne Brandheim that the Insurance office closes ill out of the health insurance. “
“I welcome a serious debate on the social security and the Agency’s mission. But to assert that the social Insurance agency has dedicated itself to ”play with and build on the disease – and arbetsbegreppet” without providing any evidence is not serious.”
“Unfortunately, the article contains several factual errors. Even if it is opinion, the topic is too important not to distinguish between opinions and facts. The agency’s mission, in brief, is to investigate whether the conditions for entitlement to sickness benefit are met, and if they are, paying out compensation. “
“We have no legal right to take into account how the insured person’s life situation when we are assessing the right to compensation.”
“I think there is a need for greater understanding of the social conditions. It is not that individuals lack the knowledge or the ability to absorb information. But it is obvious that there is a gap between people’s expectations of social security and how it actually is structured. Let me be very concrete and give three examples of this.”
“► For the first: in Order to be entitled to sickness benefit, you must meet the legal conditions. For example, you need to have a sickness benefit generating income and lack the ability to work.”
“► secondly: It is not the doctor that decides on the sickness benefit. The physician’s role is to treat and help people to regain their health. This certificate is one of the many surfaces when the social Insurance, in accordance with its mission, considers the right to compensation.”
“► And for the third: the social Insurance office applies laws and regulations which parliament has made a decision on. It is not we who write them.”
“the Insurance office is working hard to increase legal certainty. People should get the same decision regardless of where you live in the country and the decisions to follow the law. We have increased – not decreased – the rule of law.”
“We do our utmost to apply the law – legal certainty and impartiality. There are some people who are opposed to this ambition is something I sincerely regret.”
“nMaria Hemström Hemmingsson, the acting director general of Insurance agency”
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