The federal government is finally giving in to pressure to reform health care. The “Krone” was able to find out the first details about the planned measures to remedy the acute shortage of panel doctors and the grievances in the hospitals.
In short: in the rapid quadruple of the legislature, the coalition wants to carry out another monster project and score points with it.
shortcomings in the health system
After numerous media reports about the health care grievances, the government came to the unsurprising conclusion: “We have numerous structural problems that have been delayed for at least 15 years and have now reached a peak. These are serious issues that we need to address,” said ÖVP Chancellor Karl Nehammer.
Before the summer, Nehammer and Minister of Health Johannes Rauch (Greens) want to present a package of measures after consultation with experts.
The Chancellor is now making health a top priority
Nehammer’s making health a top priority should also be a sign they want to stay in the coalition until autumn 2024.
The “Krone” was able to learn the first details about what measures the federal government is planning to remedy the acute shortage of panel doctors and the grievances in hospitals.
- It should also be available in the second half of 2023 100 new panel doctor positions to give. That’s just ten per state. It cannot stay that way. A total of 500 new panel doctors will be added by the end of 2024.
- Where are the 500 panel doctors supposed to come from if there isn’t one already? The Health insurance and the reimbursements must become financially much more attractiveso that doctors who now only treat private patients decide to take out a health insurance contract again.
- The legislative amendment to primary care is expected to be submitted to the House of Representatives next week. There will be 100 million euros in funding, so it will have to wait 121 centers by the end of 2024 to give. There are currently only 39 left.
- To speed up the reforms, the motto will generally apply: When countries, health insurers and medical associations blockthere is no extra money from the federal government.
- That too digital healthcare offering needs improvement.
Source: Krone
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