Janosch Dahmen
German physician, and politician
Photo: Turnbeutel85, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- 2h ago
Bundestag is due to vote on Germany's emergency care reform on Thursday, 15 October
The bill would route callers with non-urgent complaints to the 116117 on-call service and send patients to integrated emergency centres at hospitals. Doctors and hospital groups doubt it will ease crowded emergency rooms.
- Jun 12
Germany's health insurance reform faces blistering critique from opposition and states as Bundestag begins debate
Health Minister Nina Warken's proposal to close a €19 billion deficit in statutory health insurance draws a chorus of condemnation from Greens, Left, and AfD while federal states warn the cuts endanger rural hospitals and innovation.