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Germany’s Healthcare Chief Proposes Controversial Funding Reforms

A 10-euro doctor’s visit fee could return as Germany debates bold reforms. Will higher taxes on junk food and cuts to homeopathy balance the budget?

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Head of Health Fund Doctors Calls for New Practice Fee and Tobacco Tax Increase - Germany’s Healthcare Chief Proposes Controversial Funding Reforms

Andreas Gassen, head of Germany’s Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV), has put forward new ways to fund the country’s healthcare system. His proposals include reintroducing a patient fee, raising taxes on unhealthy products, and cutting spending on unproven treatments like homeopathy.

Gassen wants to bring back a revised version of the Praxisgebühr, a 10-euro fee patients would pay once per quarter when visiting a doctor. The original fee, scrapped years ago, previously generated two billion euros annually for health insurers.

The proposals aim to secure long-term funding for Germany’s healthcare system. If implemented, the changes would shift costs toward patients and manufacturers of unhealthy products while cutting spending on treatments deemed ineffective. The plans now face debate among policymakers and insurers.

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