– Clinics warn “complete overwhelm”
Representatives of the Kassel Clinic held a meeting on Wednesday, the Marien-Elisabeth Clinics and the Korbach City Hospital held a joint press conference. They criticized it, that the federal government's planned austerity measures will present them with acute financing gaps. This would result in millions of euros in underfunding for the clinics, which further threatens the supply and wage levels of employees.
That is the background Statutory Health Insurance Contribution Rate Stabilization Act, which is to be discussed in the Federal Council on Friday. The law will drastically cut hospital budgets. There are also plans to cut benefits and raise additional contributions for those with statutory health insurance.
The nursing director of Health North Hesse, Helmut Zeilfelder, emphasized in the HNA, The reform plans are shifting the focus of health care away from the patient:within “to the question, what can be financed”.