Kurz nachdem ihre Krankenkassenreform durchs Bundeskabinett gegangen ist, steht Gesundheitsministerin Warken in einem kleinen Dorf in Thüringen. Angesetzt ist ein Bürgerdialog zum heiklen Thema Gesundheitsversorgung auf dem Land. Der Abend nimmt einen unerwarteten Verlauf.
Then Warken talks about “this austerity package, which I know is terrible for all of you too.”
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Tue 07:03 - Die Welt
“Huge administrative volume” – Linnemann wants to drastically reduce the number of health insurance companies
Tue 08:05 - n-tv Politik
At least 200,000 members?: Linnemann: “I think ten health insurance companies in Germany are enough”
Tue 12:24 - n-tv Politik
Higher co-payments in pharmacies?: Health Minister wants to restrict non-contributory co-insurance
Tue 13:44 - Handelsblatt Politik
Health: Free co-insurance should be eliminated - Warken presents savings plans for health insurance companies
Tue 16:06 - n-tv Politik
40 billion euros by 2030: healthcare reform? More of a tough austerity program
Tue 16:08 - Die Welt
“This will trigger a lot of discussions” – Holetschek on health insurance reform
Wed 14:38 - Handelsblatt Politik
Health insurance companies: Only 2.2 billion instead of 4.4 billion: Warken's model halves the savings effect on family insurance
Thu 15:25 - Handelsblatt Politik
Savings package: health insurance contributions are apparently to increase for higher earners
Thu 15:25 - Handelsblatt Politik
Savings package: higher burden for high earners: health insurance contributions should increase
Thu 18:25 - n-tv Politik
Sick pay should decrease: Warken is planning higher health insurance contributions for high earners
Thu 20:04 - Tagesschau
High earners should pay more for health insurance
Thu 22:06 - n-tv Politik
Savings package with built-in buffer: Warken promises stable health insurance contributions until 2030
Fri 04:00 - Die Zeit Newsfeed
Health insurance reform: Health insurance reform: Big plans, little support
Fri 04:31 - Die Welt
“Unsustainable” and “political misleading” – criticism of Warken’s reform plans
Fri 06:39 - Handelsblatt Politik
Health insurance companies: 2.2 instead of 4.4 billion: Warken's model halves the savings effect on family insurance
Fri 06:46 - Tagesschau
“Women's policy in action” - Health Minister Warken defends austerity plans
Fri 11:18 - n-tv Politik
“Socially unbalanced”: health insurance companies warn of the high burden on patients caused by the reform
Fri 12:50 - n-tv Politik
High earners, companies, clinics: who the health insurance reform would affect and how
Fri 13:03 - Tagesschau
How sick pay and sick leave should be reformed
Fri 13:19 - Die Welt
The big distribution battle – Now it will be decided who has to pay for the health insurance crisis
Fri 15:39 - Handelsblatt Politik
Health insurance companies: Warken's savings plans are causing disputes within the coalition
Fri 16:39 - Die Welt
What measures do you think make sense to stabilize health insurance contributions?
Sun 11:27 - Tagesschau
Warken's plans: GKV criticizes "pressure" from interest groups
Sun 17:04 - SRF News
Funded by health insurance companies - an app against depression is coming - and from July it will be reimbursed
Mon 06:32 - Die Welt
“Of all people, the 93 statutory health insurance companies get off lightly”
Wed 04:59 - Die Zeit Newsfeed
Health care reforms: According to researchers, pooling health insurance saves little money
Wed 07:52 - Die Welt
“I want to tell you openly: privately insured people will benefit from the reform.”
Wed 12:54 - Die Welt
Health insurance association defends itself against strict requirements for board salaries
Thu 02:24 - Die Welt
The head of the GKV believes that falling health insurance contributions are possible under reform plans
Thu 05:05 - n-tv Politik
According to Warken law: Association: Contributions for statutory health insurance companies could decrease
Fri 02:40 - Die Welt
General practitioners accuse Warken of a “destroying program” for practices
Fri 04:35 - Tagesschau
General practitioners call Warken's savings plans a "destructive program"
Fri 15:22 - Die Welt
“It won’t help any of us if the welfare state continues as before”
Sat 10:07 - Süddeutsche Zeitung Politik
Federal politics: Fahimi attacks Warken's austerity package
Sat 10:42 - Die Welt
“Hard blow” – DGB boss criticizes Warken for health plans
Sat 22:23 - Die Welt
Warken does not rule out falling health insurance contributions
Sun 09:20 - n-tv Politik
Warken pushes the ball to Klingbeil: Suddenly a sugar tax seems possible
Sun 14:17 - Die Welt
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Mon 09:06 - Handelsblatt Politik
Health care reform: SPD state groups want to maintain family insurance
Mon 09:19 - n-tv Politik
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Health Insurance: The biggest problem in healthcare is inefficiency
Tue 02:27 - Die Welt
“Absurd approach” – head of statutory health insurance physicians rejects planned partial sick leave
Tue 04:47 - Die Welt
“We think this is an absurd approach,” says the head of the statutory health insurance company
Tue 04:57 - Die Zeit Newsfeed
Health care reform: head of statutory health insurance physicians criticizes planned partial sick leave
Tue 10:33 - n-tv Politik
Citizens' benefit and statutory health insurance: Everyone thinks it's unfair, but it could still stay that way
Wed 02:04 - n-tv Politik
Warken defends austerity package: This is intended to stabilize health insurance contributions
Wed 02:26 - Die Welt
Warken defends planned austerity package – Greens criticize “contribution escalation with announcement”
Wed 04:44 - Die Welt
Warken defends the planned austerity package for health care reform
Wed 06:59 - Tagesschau
Commentary on health care reform: Fair looks different
Wed 07:01 - Die Welt
Linnemann wants to abolish up to 83 health insurance companies - the list shows which insurance companies could survive
Wed 09:33 - Handelsblatt Politik
Health: Cabinet approves bill for health insurance reform
Wed 09:40 - Die Welt
Federal cabinet decides on health insurance reform – significant cuts for insured people
Wed 10:18 - n-tv Politik
"This won't just go through": Cabinet approves health savings package - but resistance awaits in the Bundestag
Wed 10:29 - Tagesschau
Government agrees on health reform
Wed 11:39 - Tagesschau
What should change with the health savings package for those with statutory health insurance
Wed 13:49 - Die Welt
"The water is up to their necks. Actually, they are already under water"
Wed 14:24 - Tagesschau
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Wed 16:07 - Tagesschau
Comment on healthcare reform: Warken is staying the course - despite headwinds