147 judgments found.

British Columbia v Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

Country: Canada
Year: 2005
Court: Supreme Court of Canada
Citation: 2005 SCC 49
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Tobacco
Human Rights: Right to due process/fair trial
Facts:

The Province of British Columbia (BC) passed the Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act (the “Act”) to allow the government to sue tobacco manufacturers for the costs of providing health care to individuals exposed to tobacco products. Under the Act a given manufacturer could be held liable for a proportion of provincial health …Read more

Tags: Access to health care, Health expenditures, Health funding, Tobacco control, Tobacco regulation
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Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General)

Country: Canada
Year: 2005
Court: Supreme Court
Citation: 2005 S.C.C. 35, [2005] 1 S.C.R. 791
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to bodily integrity, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
Facts:

Section 15 of the Health Insurance Act (HEIA) and s. 11 of the Hospital Insurance Act (HOIA) prohibited Quebec residents from taking out private health insurance for services covered by Quebec’s public health care plan. The two Appellants, Jacques Chaoulli and George Zeliotis, contested the validity of this prohibition.  They alleged that these prohibitions deprived …Read more

Tags: Access to treatment, Budget, Emergency care, Health expenditures, Health facilities, Health funding, Health insurance, Health regulation, Health spending, Out-of-pocket expenditures, Primary care, Private hospitals, Public hospitals, Secondary care, Social security
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Gila Louzon v. Government of Israel

Country: Israel
Year: 2005
Court: Supreme Court (sitting as the High Court of Justice)
Citation: HCJ 3071/05
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Medicines
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Right to bodily integrity, Right to health, Right to life
Facts:

The decision addressed three petitions with similar facts. In all three cases, the petitioners were diagnosed with cancer and prescribed a medication not included in the health services basket available under the national health care services (which was prohibitively expensive to purchase individually). By the time two of the petitions came to the Court, however, …Read more

Tags: Access to drugs, Access to medicines, Access to treatment, Budget, Cancer, Emergency care, Essential medicines, Health expenditures, Health funding, Health insurance, Health regulation, Health spending, Non-communicable diseases, Out-of-pocket expenditures, Pharmaceuticals, Pricing, Social security, Subsidies, Tertiary care
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In the matter of Article 26 of the Constitution and the Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2004

Country: Ireland
Year: 2005
Court: Supreme Court of Ireland
Citation: [2005] I.E.S.C. 7 (Ir.)
Health Topics: Aging, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals
Human Rights: Right to health
Facts:

The Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill of 2004 was referred to the Supreme Court for review. Primarily the Supreme Court was asked to analyse the constitutional validity of the bill. Amendment to Section 53 of the Act imposed certain charges mostly on elderly people with limited means for in-patient treatment by public health services. Further, the …Read more

Tags: Access to health care, Access to treatment, Aged persons, Budget, Clinics, Elderly, Health expenditures, Health facilities, Health funding, Older persons, Public hospitals, Senior citizens, Social security
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Pentiacova and Ors. v. Moldova

Country: Moldova
Year: 2005
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application No. 14462/03; (2005) 40 EHRR SE23
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals, Medicines
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to due process/fair trial, Right to family life, Right to life, Right to property
Facts:

Applicants filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights alleging that the Moldovan government’s inadequate financing of hemodialysis treatments violated their right to life, caused them significant pain and suffering, and negatively affected their families’ lives. Applicants were a group of patients suffering from liver failure and receiving hemodialysis treatments. They alleged that …Read more

Tags: Access to drugs, Access to health care, Access to medicines, Access to treatment, Budget, Emergency care, Essential medicines, Health care technology, Health expenditures, Health funding, Health insurance, Health regulation, Health spending, Kidney disease, Noncommunicable diseases, Out-of-pocket expenditures, Public hospitals
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Case 2004-504

Country: France
Year: 2004
Court: Conseil Constitutionnel (Constitutional Council)
Citation: Décision n° 2004-504
Health Topics: Health information, Health systems and financing
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to privacy
Facts:

In this case a number of petitioners challenged the constitutional validity of an act reforming the public health insurance system. The impugned provisions were: Article 3 of the Act inserted articles which provide for establishment provides for the establishment of a system to promote coordination, quality and continuity of care and will allow for monitoring …Read more

Tags: Health expenditures, Health insurance, Health records, Health regulation, Medical records, Out-of-pocket expenditures, Social security, Subsidies
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Case 2945-2003-AA/TC

Country: Peru
Year: 2004
Court: Constitutional Court
Citation: Sentencia 2945-2003-AA/TC (2004). (Azanca Alhelí Meza García v. Ministry of Health)
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases, Medicines, Poverty
Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity, Right to health, Right to life
Facts:

The petitioner filed a writ of amparo (appeal for legal protection) against the Ministry of Health of Peru. She sought free administration of comprehensive medical treatment for HIV, including both the continuous delivery of necessary medicines and the performance of periodic CD4 cell count and viral load tests upon medical indication and/or the patient’s urgent …Read more

Tags: Access to drugs, Access to health care, Access to medicines, Access to treatment, AIDS, Antiretrovirals, ARVs, Budget, Essential medicines, Health expenditures, Health funding, Health insurance, Health regulation, Health spending, HIV, HIV positive, Indigent, Low income, Most-at-risk, People living with HIV/AIDS, Pharmaceuticals, PLHIV, Poor, Social security, Testing, Underprivileged
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Case T-095/04

Country: Colombia
Year: 2004
Court: Constitutional Court [Corte Constitucional]
Citation: Colombia; Constitutional Court; Sentencia T-095/04.
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to life, Right to social security
Facts:

Mrs. Torres Puerta (the “Patient”) was affiliated with E.P.S. Coomeva, a Health Providing Entity. (Note: in Colombia, Health Providing Entities are in charge of providing healthcare services to employees, who must subscribe to one of such entities and pay a monthly fee which their employer deducts from their salary). In 2002, The Patient received authorization …Read more

Tags: Access to health care, Access to treatment, Diagnostics, Examination, Health expenditures, Health insurance, Health regulation, Health spending, Out-of-pocket expenditures, Reimbursement, Social security, Subsidies, Testing
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International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) v. France

Country: France
Year: 2004
Court: European Committee of Social Rights
Citation: Complaint No. 13/2003, 40 Eur. H.R. Rep. SE25 (2005).
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to life
Facts:

Changes in French domestic law required foreign nationals to have lawfully resided in France for three continuous months and to satisfy an economic means test in order to qualify for benefits under the country’s universal medical coverage (CMU) program. The benefits for lawful nationals included health insurance with a potential to receive supplemental insurance. Conversely, …Read more

Tags: Access to health care, Access to treatment, Children, Health care technology, Health expenditures, Health funding, Health insurance, Health spending, Immigration, Migrants, Minor
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K.B.F v. Försäkringskassan

Country: Sweden
Year: 2004
Court: Supreme Administrative Court
Citation: RÅ 2004 ref. 41
Health Topics: Health systems and financing
Human Rights: Freedom of movement and residence, Right to health, Right to social security
Facts:

The plaintiff regularly stayed in Germany during part of the year and needed dental treatment. The first treatment was deemed acute and thus paid for by the German version of the Swedish Social Security Insurance Agency (SSIA). Subsequent treatments were deemed not acute and thus were not paid for. The plaintiff sought compensation by the …Read more

Tags: Health expenditures, Health funding, Health insurance, Health regulation, Health spending, Out-of-pocket expenditures, Public hospitals, Reimbursement, Social security
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