SPD federal party conference is to decide on reimbursement of homeopathy

SPD: refund of homeopathy?
On May 2, the SPD state association Bremen passed an application requesting the SPD federal party convention in June to create new rules for the labeling and reimbursement of homeopathic medicines.

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Specifically, it states in the application, which was introduced by the "Association Social Democrats in Health Care (ASG)": "Transparency in homeopathic preparations produce: reference to not proven medical effectiveness and the voluntary financing of ineffective homeopathic services by health insurance companies not continue to allow.

The SPD parliamentary group is called upon to introduce a statutory labeling requirement for homeopathic preparations, which makes it clear that there is no clear scientific proof of efficacy for the efficacy of homeopathic preparations. The voluntary financing of non-effective homeopathic benefits by the health insurance funds (with contributions) is not allowed to continue. "

Homeopathy is not scientifically proven
The members of the consortium say in their explanatory statement (p. 79) that there is no scientific evidence for the use of homeopathic medicines. It is therefore important "that, from a health and consumer policy perspective, people are enabled by reliable information about the lack of efficacy of homeopathic preparations to correctly assess possible risks and take appropriate account in their decisions. Labeling of unproven efficacy in homeopathic medicines and a ban on voluntary cash-pooling will help improve quality patient care and consumer protection. "(Pm)