Coalition negotiations: According to plans, patients should pay in free choice of specialist

Union and SPD want to make the family doctor the binding point of contact when choosing a doctor. Anyone who goes directly to the specialist should pay. The medical association supports this.

Physicians' President Klaus Reinhardt has praised the CDU/CSU-SPD plans for patient management: "We strongly support this and recommend that we be involved in its implementation," the President of the German Medical Association (BÄK) told the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung" (Sunday editions). His reasoning: "The fact that everyone chooses what suits them best at the expense of the general public is unique worldwide, but it is not fair and definitely …

Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung [Newsroom]Osnabrück (ots) - Medical President Klaus Reinhardt praised the black and red plans for patient control: "We strongly support this and advise to involve ourselves in the implementation," said the president of the Federal Medical Association (BÄK) in the ... Continue reading here...Original content of: Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, transmitted by news up-to-date

The construction sites in the health sector are enormous: exploding costs, too few doctors, a tsunami of "civilization diseases" in children. Klaus Reinhardt, general practitioner and president of the Federal Medical Association (BÄK), says what the future government must do about it.

DAK boss Andreas Storm explains why the results of the negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD in health policy can bring many improvements if no mistakes are made now.