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Municipalities are demanding more money for new bunkers

The Bundeswehr receives billions from a special pot, and the healthcare system is also supposed to arm itself against military conflicts. The municipalities are now also demanding this for civil protection. The Association of Cities and Municipalities is calling on the federal government to take better precautions to protect the population in the event of […]

Municipalities are demanding more money for civil defense and new bunkers

The Bundeswehr receives billions from a special pot, and the healthcare system is also supposed to arm itself against military conflicts. The municipalities are now also demanding this for civil protection. The Association of Cities and Municipalities is calling on the federal government to take better precautions to protect the population in the event of […]

Lauterbach: Prepare the healthcare system for disasters

Corona has shown that in the event of a crisis, the German healthcare system is not optimally positioned. Minister Lauterbach announces a reform – also with a view to the event of war. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach wants to better equip the German healthcare system against crises and military conflicts. Germany must not only prepare […]

Prepare Germany for “military conflicts”.

“There also needs to be a turning point for the healthcare system,” says the Health Minister. In the event of a crisis, clear responsibilities are needed for doctors and hospitals. He doesn’t see any scaremongering in the plans. Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach wants to better equip the German healthcare system against crises and military […]

People with intellectual disabilities: problems with work

People with disabilities often have a difficult time – whether on the job market or in the healthcare system. Now the focus is on a group of hundreds of thousands of affected people for whom the barriers are particularly high. People with intellectual disabilities sometimes encounter enormous barriers in the job market and when visiting […]

There are fewer and fewer nurses in the healthcare sector!

The number of nurses in the healthcare sector is decreasing. In 2022 there were 30,910, in 2021 31,190 and in 2009 again 32,708. This follows from the data of the National Center for Health Information (NCZI). NCZI spokeswoman Veronika Daničová informed TASR about this. “In 2022, there were 30,910 nurses working in the health care […]

Is the breakthrough now coming for e-prescriptions for everyone?

In everyday life, a lot of things have been done online for a long time – from banking transactions to booking your next vacation. The healthcare system is lagging quite behind. A digital application is now starting to be used on a mass scale. After years of delays, electronic prescriptions are expected to make a […]

Inflation, health care, housing construction: Germany is too slow

From the healthcare system to the German armed forces to housing construction: Germany is not making any progress in many areas. Why is that? And how could the way out of the mess look like? Germany is doing well, one might think: inflation has fallen somewhat and unemployment is low, the economy has stabilized again […]

Statutory health insurance patients – 2,000 euros deductible? Cashier finds: “Nonsense”

A proposal by the Freiburg economist Bernd Raffelhüschen is causing a stir: patients with statutory health insurance should pay a deductible of up to 2,000 euros. “That’s nonsense,” counters a cashier. To finance the expensive healthcare system, the economist Bernd Raffelhüschen proposed that those with statutory health insurance should pay a deductible of up to […]