Health debate: Do we need the golf or the Mercedes?

Health debate: Do we need the golf or the Mercedes?

The Austrian health system is criticized: Peter Lehner, the chairman of the self-employed fund of the SVS and head of the social security umbrella association, warns of an overload of the resources and demands a restriction of the services. In his opinion, social security should only offer what is absolutely necessary and not like a luxuriously equipped Mercedes, but rather like a solid standard golf. He has already relied on this view on the previously applicable legal situation in the General Social Insurance Act (ASVG), which stipulates that medical treatment must be sufficiently but not exaggerated, as News.at

Lehner also expresses his dissatisfaction with the decisions of the outgoing Minister of Health Johannes Rauch, who has introduced significant significant performance extensions, as recently the Action Plan for Post Viral Diseases. According to him, it is crucial that the state financed such measures sustainably and incorporates social security. Lehner also emphasizes the need for the insured person responsible and sees dissatisfaction with the system a social challenge. He recommends targeted patient management, especially in chronic illnesses to avoid unnecessary double examinations, even if this could restrict the free choice of doctor, such as