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Topic sickness insurance54
  1. HE 68/2026 vpPassed

    Extending coeliac and care allowances

    Children under 18 with coeliac disease will receive Kela's basic disability allowance, and parents of a severely ill child will be able to receive special care allowance until the child's 18th birthday. In addition, the medical statement requirements for applying for disability benefits will be eased.

    7 Oct 2026 · passed without a vote
  2. HE 67/2026 vpPassed

    Streamlining correction of erroneous Kela decisions

    Kela will be able to correct a clear error in a benefit decision to the recipient's detriment without their consent if the error is due to the client's own conduct. In addition, the payment of sickness allowance could be suspended or reduced more quickly than before when circumstances change, to prevent overpayments from accumulating.

    12 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote
  3. HE 111/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Medicine savings and deregulating self-care medicines

    Prices of prescription medicines and pharmacies' gross margins will be cut, and the basis for determining the pharmacy tax will be reformed. At the same time, certain low-risk self-care medicines will be permitted for sale outside pharmacies and pharmacies will be given the right to deviate from prescriptions in situations of availability disruptions.

    18 Dec 2025 · 12 votes
    90 jaa
    79 ei
  4. HE 174/2024 vpPassed

    Restoring Kela reimbursements for fertility treatments

    Kela reimbursements will once again be available for private fertility treatments if infertility is caused by an illness. The change will make it easier to seek treatment in the private sector and aims to improve the birth rate.

    3 Apr 2025 · 8 votes
    101 jaa
    54 ei
  5. HE 36/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Cheaper private doctors for over-65s

    People aged 65 and over will be able to see a private general practitioner for the price of a public health centre client fee, and half the cost of examinations prescribed during the visit will be reimbursed. The amendment aims to speed up access to care for older people and reduce the burden on public primary healthcare.

    19 Jun 2025 · 6 votes
    100 jaa
    84 ei
  6. HE 243/2026 vpIn progress

    Harmonising the assessment of medicines

    The proposal streamlines and harmonises the national assessment and adoption of new hospital medicines so that treatments reach patients more equitably across the country. In addition, hospital pharmacies will be granted the possibility to dispense certain medicines needed for serious illnesses to patients where Kela reimbursement cannot be granted.

    14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  7. HE 195/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Expanding and increasing Kela reimbursements

    Patients will be able to receive Kela reimbursement for private dental hygienist and physiotherapist appointments without a doctor's referral. In addition, the Kela reimbursement paid for visits to specialists in gynaecology and obstetrics will be increased.

    27 Mar 2025 · 14 votes
    145 jaa
    9 ei
  8. HE 150/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Improving pregnancy and organ donor benefits

    Pregnant women will be eligible to receive special pregnancy allowance more often and also on a partial basis if working conditions endanger their health and no alternative work is available. Donors of organs, tissues or cells will be fully compensated for loss of earnings resulting from the procedure.

    18 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 123/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Cutting sickness and rehabilitation allowances

    Sickness allowances and rehabilitation allowances will be cut for those earning more than 27,633 euros a year, and health insurance contribution liabilities will be transferred from the central government to employers and insured persons. The changes will strengthen central and local government finances, and they will apply from 1 January 2025.

    28 Nov 2024 · 1 vote
    116 jaa
    51 ei
  10. HE 114/2025 vpPassed

    Permanent price caps for Kela taxis

    Maximum price regulation for taxi journeys reimbursed by Kela will be made permanent from the start of 2027. The change will ensure equal access to care for patients and keep travel costs predictable.

    19 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  11. HE 186/2026 vpIn progress

    Expanding the senior Kela reimbursement pilot

    People aged over 65 will receive Kela reimbursement for private physiotherapy with a co-payment corresponding to client fees in public health care. In addition, the number of reimbursed general practitioner visits under the pilot will be increased and the pilot will be extended to the end of 2028.

    29 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  12. HE 237/2022 vpPassed

    Cutting Kela reimbursements for private healthcare

    Kela reimbursements for private medical care will be cut significantly from the beginning of 2023. Reimbursements for most examinations, procedures and physiotherapy will be abolished, but reimbursements for mental health services and dental care will be retained.

    13 Dec 2022 · 1 vote
    98 jaa
    72 ei
  13. HE 236/2022 vpPassed

    Strengthening family benefits and purchasing power

    Several social benefits for families with children will be increased for 2023 due to accelerating inflation and rising prices. In addition, the annual out-of-pocket maximum for medicine reimbursements will be frozen for one year, and the care supplement of the private day care allowance will be increased permanently.

    7 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote
  14. HE 95/2024 vpPassed

    Extending price caps for Kela taxis

    The maximum price regulation for taxi journeys reimbursed by Kela will be extended by two years until the end of 2026. Clients will continue to pay only the statutory co-payment for their treatment journeys.

    18 Oct 2024 · passed without a vote
  15. HE 181/2022 vpPassed

    Easing partial sickness and rehabilitation benefits

    The maximum duration of partial sickness allowance will be extended and eligibility conditions will be eased to support staying in employment. At the same time, conditions for rehabilitation allowance and subsistence during rehabilitation will be improved, and the implementation of the benefits will be clarified.

    30 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote
  16. HE 129/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming family leave and parental allowances

    Parental leave and parental allowances will be divided equally between both parents, and leave can be used flexibly until the child reaches the age of two. In addition, employees will be entitled to five days of annual carer's leave to care for a close relative.

    21 Dec 2021 · 4 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Kaisa Juuso

    85 jaa
    62 ei
  17. HE 124/2017 vpPassed with amendments

    Introducing the unemployment activation model

    Unemployment benefit will decrease by 4.65 per cent if an unemployed person does not work sufficiently or participate in employment services during a three-month monitoring period. At the same time, the waiting period at the start of unemployment will be shortened from seven days to five days.

    22 Dec 2017 · 5 votes
    103 jaa
    90 ei
  18. HE 184/2016 vpPassed

    Medicine reimbursement cuts and price competition

    Savings of 134 million euros will be targeted at medicine reimbursements by increasing price competition between medicines and reducing medicine wastage. At the same time, the reimbursement rate for diabetes medicines other than insulin will be reduced, and the quantity of expensive medicines reimbursed at one time will be decreased.

    2 Dec 2016 · 2 votes
    144 jaa
    29 ei
  19. HE 129/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Raising initial deductible for medicine reimbursements

    The annual initial deductible for prescription medicine reimbursements will increase from 50 euros to 70 euros from the beginning of 2025 and will in future be tied to the national pension index. At the same time, pharmacies will be required to keep in stock and always offer customers the lowest-priced medicine option.

    9 Dec 2024 · 3 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Hanna-Leena Mattila

    103 jaa
    79 ei
  20. HE 106/2015 vpPassed with amendments

    Cutting health insurance reimbursements and copayments

    Health insurance reimbursements for medicines, travel and medical care will be cut, and the copayments paid by clients will be increased. In addition, temporary additional fees will be imposed on operators in the pharmaceutical sector for 2016.

    22 Dec 2015 · 5 votes
    114 jaa
    71 ei
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