Tag: Karl Lauterbach
SPD and Greens are targeting private health insurance companies
nurse in a hospital The SPD and the Greens want to improve social security revenues. (Photo: E+/Getty Images) Berlin In view of a billion dollar deficit in statutory health and…
Cannabis legalization could bring the state more than a billion euros a year
Berlin No sale of joints in specialist shops, no commercial cultivation: the legalization of cannabis that Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) is aiming for is significantly less extensive…
Advent puts German specialist care for sale
intensive care The company Deutsche Fachpflege looks after around 8,500 patients in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt A billion-dollar deal is looming in the German care market. The financial investor Advent…
Health insurance companies expect premiums to increase again in 2024
doctor’s office The insured have to adjust to higher contributions again. (Photo: IMAGO/Westend61) Berlin It was only this year that Health Minister Karl Lauterbach had to raise health insurance contributions…
No peace in the coalition: traffic light leaders meet again
Berlin The last marathon meeting of the coalition committee was barely four weeks ago when the next meeting is already imminent. The top representatives of the SPD, Greens and FDP…
Exceptions when replacing the heating system? Clinics reject Lauterbach’s initiative
Karl Lauterbach The Federal Minister of Health wants clinics to be able to apply for the installation of a new gas heating system under certain circumstances in the future, for…
How Wolfgang Kubicki fights for his re-election as FDP Vice
Berlin Wolfgang Kubicki has been around a lot in the past few days. In 48 hours he drove 1,200 kilometers by car and traveled another 1,400 kilometers by plane to…
The most successful German share divided the analysts
medicines in the pharmacy The online mail-order pharmacies serve only a small part of the market for prescription-only products. The proportion could increase with the e-prescription. At least that’s what…
The welfare state cannot also protect heirs
Minister of Health So far, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach’s secret is how the situation should improve. (Photo: IMAGO/Bernd Elmenthaler) Berlin The social long-term care insurance is the purest nuisance. Their…
Expert Council wants to dampen high personal contributions with new insurance
work in nursing home The planned reform also wants to take care of the labor shortage in nursing. (Photo: imago/photothek) Berlin An aging population, rising wages and new benefits are…
The federal government is planning a construction boom for its own buildings – despite escalating costs
Model for the extension on the edge of the Chancellery The federal government is planning new buildings and renovations for several billion euros. (Photo: Federal Office for Building and Regional…
The federal government is planning a construction boom for its own buildings – despite escalating costs
Government district in Berlin The federal government is planning new buildings and renovations for several billion euros. (Photo: IMAGO/Jürgen Ritter) Berlin The new headquarters of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND)…
Lauterbach lets stoner dreams burst
cannabis plants According to the traffic light plans, up to three plants should be allowed to be grown at home. (Photo: Getty Images) Sometimes you have to take one step…
These are the traffic light’s plans for legalization
Berlin Health Minister Karl Lauterbach used to be a staunch opponent of cannabis legalization. With the controlled release of the drug, the SPD politician is now launching one of the…
Federal government wants to alleviate drug shortages
Berlin Important antibiotics, fever syrups and even anti-cancer drugs are always difficult to obtain in pharmacies. More than 460 drugs are currently on the list of the Federal Institute for…
What caring relatives and contributors now have to adjust to
Berlin Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) defended his plans for a care reform on Wednesday against criticism. “Since the costs of good care are constantly increasing, the community of…
Why the telephone sick note should remain
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach Karl Lauterbach said he thinks it makes sense to call sick leave. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Life in Germany became more difficult again at the weekend.…
East country heads vent anger about hospital reform
Berlin Karl Lauterbach is used to criticism. The message from Saxony’s Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) was tough: The Federal Health Minister’s hospital reform should “under no circumstances become a…
Drug policy Lauterbach has to accept significant cutbacks in cannabis legalization
Karl Lauterbach Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) speaks about the planned controlled sale of cannabis to adults in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD)…
East country heads vent anger about hospital reform
Berlin Karl Lauterbach is used to criticism. The message from Saxony’s Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) was tough: The Federal Health Minister’s hospital reform should “under no circumstances become a…