When it comes to the mother-child pass, the Medical Association continues to push for rapid reforms: the fact that politicians have now indicated to give in and announced timely results is being met with cautious optimism, according to the Austrian Medical Association. However, words must now be “followed by deeds in good time”, it was emphasized.
The medical associations of Vienna, Lower Austria and Styria have already decided to phase out the mother-child pass by the end of March 2023. According to the professional representation, preparations are underway in the medical associations in Upper Austria and Carinthia. The medical association justifies this by saying that the rates for the passport examinations of mothers and children have not been increased for 28 years, despite an increased volume of services.
‘Studies should be worth more than three meatballs’
To clarify the current situation, the Wiener Medical Association presented a special kind of comparison: “30 years ago you could throw a kid’s birthday party at McDonalds for a mother-child pass fare item, today I only get three large Macs for it. I really think that such an important examination of mothers and their children should be worth more to our state than three meatloaf,” Erik Randall Huber, vice president of the Medical Association for Vienna and president of the Curia for Resident Doctors, calculated in a broadcast .
The consequences of withdrawing the mother-child pass
Should the medical associations actually withdraw from the mother-child pass, the doctors would no longer offer the examinations mentioned in the pass as health insurance. The pass is not only used for preventive health care for pregnant women and small children up to the age of five, it is also a condition to fully receive the childcare allowance.
As reported, the Ministry of Health assured on Friday that the comprehensive reform of the mother-child passport is “already in its final stages”.
“Unheard of Cries for Help”
“After decades of negligent handling of the mother-child passport by politicians and years of outrageous cries for help from the medical profession, some state medical associations have decided to withdraw from this excellent project,” said Johannes Steinhart, president of the Austrian Medical Association. Association. Saturday again. He assessed the signs of an imminent reform as positive, but stressed: “Now it is important to act on the announcements in a timely manner.”
“Our suggestions for improving the mother-child passport have been on the table for years, such as for the digitization we support,” recalls Edgar Wutscher, vice president of the Medical Association and Federal Curia chair of resident physicians.
Source: Krone
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