After a failure, in December 2009, the EU's health ministers had their back against the wall. Driven by this certainty, they accepted the compromise proposal drawn up by the Spanish EU Presidency on the draft directive on cross-border health care. Eclipsing the problem of reimbursement of treatment by noncontractual health care providers by subjecting it to prior authorisation was a risky venture.rnWhile some countries did not seem to appreciate it (Slovakia, Poland and Portugal), they agreed to set aside their concerns during debate at the Health Council, on 8 June, to keep from holding up the legislative process. They hope to improve certain points during transposition of the directive or in negotiations with the European Parliament at second reading, according to rumours circulating at the Council.
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