Social Union Health needs solidarity

Social Union criticizes planned health care reform. Rather, the health of Menschenbraucht needs a solidary health care system.

"With its bill, the federal government is planning a system change from statutory health insurance financed in solidarity with statutory health insurance (GKV) to health insurance protection, which only the insured and patients finance." This was criticized by the Federal Managing Director of the Social and Welfare Association of People's Solidarity, Dr. med. Bernd Niederlande, on Thursday on the occasion of the parliamentary debate on the bill for the GKV financing. "The proven for over 100 years, statutory health insurance will be fundamentally rebuilt and gradually privatized, before that we can only warn.

The Netherlands again described the bill as "unsuitable for securing long-term sustainable and solidary financing of health care costs." The feared system change was mainly due to the stipulation of the employer contribution and the extension of the additional contributions justified. "The principle of parity financing is abandoned, and the social compensation planned and to be financed from tax credits is in many cases not accurate.
his. This would also compensate insufficiently for the overall heavier burden on the statutory insured because it is based on the average additional contribution and not on the real additional costs for the insured.

The Volkssolidarität also rejects the proposed advance payment rates for persons with statutory health insurance, said the association's managing director. "This abolishes the principle of benefits in kind, which is one of the foundations of social health insurance, and further increases the burden on the insured and patients, which is particularly felt by low earners, Hartz 4 recipients and retirees.

Netherland emphasized: "There are alternatives to this destruction of the solidary health system". He referred to the Dr. Thomas Gerlinger commissioned by Volkssolidarität and Sozialverband Deutschland (SoVD) prepared opinions "Health needs solidarity". A social health reform must focus on the interests of the insured and patients. Such reform needs to be more equitable in financing the health care system and for one
necessary quality assured health care for all citizens. (pm, 30.09.2010)

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