Medical Well-being - Hospital reform anticipated by Lauterbach
The disputed hospital reform between the federal government and the states is set to go into effect at the start of the new year, as per Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD). "In reality, there is more consensus than people think," he shared during the Health Ministers' Conference of the States in Travemünde's Seebad Lübeck on Thursday. The conference surprisingly went well, and everyone appeared to be in the mindset of resolving issues. The federal government agrees with various state demands regarding the hospital reform, which will be factored into the ongoing parliamentary proceedings.
The chairperson of the Health Ministers' Conference, Kerstin von der Decken (CDU), made it clear that it's not about delaying the process in the Bundesrat for the states. Instead, it's about whether the proposed amendments earn a majority in the Bundestag. She emphasized this during the discussion.
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- Despite initial concerns, Lübeck's Seebad played host to a productive Health Ministers' Conference, where Karl Lauterbach (SPD) and other Health Ministers showed a willingness to address the issues surrounding hospital reform, even advocating for SPD-aligned demands in the SPD-led federal government.
- In a surprising turn of events, SPD politician and Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach discovered a greater consensus on hospital reform than initially thought during the event in Lübeck, signaling a possible smoother path for the enactment of the reform in Schleswig-Holstein and across Germany.
