Last week CDU healthcare speaker Tino Sorge criticized Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach for the lack of communication and the bad relationship between him and his colleges in the federal states. The reform’s timeline is completely busted and the entire project in jeopardy, stated Tino Sorge.
Minister Lauterbach countered that the CDU/CSU-led federal states are blocking the Hospital Transparency Act in the Federal Council and pulling the hospitals to their side. Today, the minister is meeting with representatives of the municipal umbrella organizations in Berlin.
This dispute is at the expense of a plannable healthcare and the patients. What we need is a timely, pragmatic solution, which calls for compromises from all involved parties - including Minister Lauterbach.
We have paid close attention to the bill from the very start und have repeatedly commented on its progress or rather lack of progress. In our recent newsletter we offer some predictions of what to expect of the German healthcare market in 2024 in general and the healthcare reform in particular.
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