More and more criticism of health care reform

Healthcare reform: more and more criticism.

(12.07.2010) After the Saxon Prime Minister Stanislaw Tillich (CDU) critical tones for the so-called health reform come from the next CDU Prime Minister. Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Stefan Mappus told the „Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung“ (FAZ), the result was „not a big litter“.Mappus also made suggestions for improvement by saying that „many more incentives to save in the system“ would have to be installed.

The background is the plans for the so-called health reform of the coalition, which were announced last Tuesday. Thereafter, from 2011, the contribution for statutory health insurance will be raised from the current 14.9 percent to 15.5 percent. In addition, the barrier for additional contributions of health insurance. So far, the funds were only able to make a contribution of one percent of the income. This restriction should fall and the amount should be recalculated annually. The employer's share, however, is to be frozen at 7.3 percent.

Critics accuse the Federal Health Minister Philipp Rösler (FDP) in particular that he not only does not keep his promise to improve the health system, but not to increase the price, but exactly the opposite. It is also piquant that Rösler's party, the FDP, is also acting contrary to its promise that the citizens under the FDP more „Net of gross“ have. Furthermore, a hidden capitation is seen in the additional contributions.

Criticism is now coming not only from the social organizations and the opposition, but also from the ranks of the prime minister CDU and even from the employer, namely by employer president Dieter Hundt: He had stated that with the plans for health reform in addition to recent statements also the coalition agreement not complied with. In addition, even the GKV chairman Doris Pfeiffer said that „with a more dedicated austerity package“ the additional burdens would not have been necessary in some cases. The already had the Bavarian State Minister for Environment and Health, Markus Söder (CSU) as „too vague“ criticized and called for changes to the submitted plans. And his party colleague Horst Seehofer stated that the compromise had no long-term effect. (Tf)