Why the practice fee must increase to 20 euros
What the health politicians of CDU,, CSU and SPD have agreed is actually an old hat. The importance of general practitioners should be strengthened to better control the patient flows. With the means of the practice fee you have already tried this. Many remember: Patients had to pay 10 euros per quarter when visiting a practice. It was a kind of basic fee. Anyone looking for other doctors afterwards, for example specialists, had to pay again unless the family doctor had issued a transfer.
Medical shortages, according to the then common term, should be contained. The approach made sense. After less than ten years, the practice fee ran at the beginning of 2013S because the healthcare system of the health system had relaxed. This time is over. The cost increases are huge, there is a lack of money and staff everywhere. Therefore, it is consistent that the tried and tested instrument should be reintroduced. If you want to continue the free choice of doctor, you have to pay more. Either directly in practice or through a higher tariff at the health insurance company.
The practice fee must be doubled
However, the amount of 10 euros is no longer sufficient to achieve the desired control. Better would be 20 euros. The sum must also be due for those who go to a hospital with the ambulance due to small things. There is a need for relief as in the practices. To anticipate the likely debate: The German healthcare system does not become anti -social by returning the practice fee. The free choice of doctor remains, only one step is switched on to avoid expensive multiple examinations. The Union and SPD can also determine exceptions for patients who have little money.
It is already clear that the entire system must be reformed. In its current form it is not to be preserved. In international comparison, Germans often consult a doctor, more treatments than elsewhere take place in the hospital, which costs a lot of money. This can no longer be financed.
