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Germany reforms its costly healthcare system | DW News

The German parliament has agreed to a shake-up of Germany’s healthcare system aimed at saving billions of euros. But the opposition and many health professionals say patients will suffer.

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It's very bad for very families....
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We all know why costs have risen so much in the past 10 years. Before that the healthcare providers had billions of € in surplus. But they dont acknowledge it.
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The problem is that not all are paying in the same pot => high earning person pay in there special upper class insurance, politicians too.
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@yuut01234 From YouTube ↗ 12 Jul 2026 15
Never agreed with Greens before but this time, I am glad they exist. Merz is a menace
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Recovering high energy cost and war funds from health care reforms.
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@kaya-1623 From YouTube ↗ 12 Jul 2026 88
They say it’s a reform, but they’re not actually reforming anything. They just made cuts. While also changing the demand for when workers have to show a doctor note, etc. There was NO change to the insurance system itself, so to call it a reform is just wrong. And the insurance companies all say they have to make cuts to be able to afford care at all. Meanwhile the upper management is paid millions and no cuts are possible there. If there are private insurances and state mandated general insurances. Why are there so many of the general insurances? One would be enough. Less paperwork, less bureaucracy and less upper management that gets millions every year.
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They are postponing costs… If they reduce psychiatric care for people this will increase costs in the long run.
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They spent €40B in giving insurance company profits.

Health insurance mortally provides nothing but cost.

The same infrastructure of medical delivery can remain in place.

Just cut out the cancer that are the health insurance companies.
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No wonder, if you let millions of people in our health care system, that never paid anything into it.
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@_Jadewolf_ From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 53
Yeah, sure, make the works pay more, but tax breaks for the companies, that's not a problem. Also, workers permanently hired by the country, state or city (so called "Beamte") are paying MUCH less into the health system than a normal person. But they will get first class health care, guess who's paying for it, yep, the rest of the country through their taxes... 🤬 So if you're wondering WHY there's a shortage of funds...
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This will only hurt people. Healthcare is a human right. You do not want a for profit healthcare system like the United States
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If your taking away 40 bn then yes your getting less healthcare
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Everyday new problems! The people are tired!!! If The government can’t do it job we don’t need it
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the real reason for people are sick is toomuch work bad pay and costs for everything most people have less then 20% of their monthly money left for living and the sametime and now your pension starts on 67 its weird that worker who get good pay are less sick
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@fw2222 From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 17
It is because the Hospitals in Germany are Businesses and not a right fund by the Government. Also the Laws are in Favor of Pharmacy Industry. Plus Corrupted Policy's of Insurances like paying for Hömohopatie and not for Glasses.
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This is what you get if you get a finance bro, who is part of a conservative party, run the country.
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@piratado From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 119
Does public health have to be profitable?
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Get rid of private insurance and get rid of insurance companies!!
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@H_daffingxr From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 128
The current narrative around these "reforms" is deeply frustrating. Selling off state-owned clinics to private equity firms over the last two decades was a catastrophic mistake; healthcare should be a public service, not a vehicle for maximizing shareholder dividends.
Honestly, these "reforms" wouldn't even be necessary if the government simply repaid the massive debts the federal budget owes to the statutory health insurance funds. If they are looking for ways to close funding gaps, we should be looking at sustainable solutions—economists like Maurice Höfgen have repeatedly pointed out that we need a shift in fiscal policy, prioritizing public investment over rigid austerity, rather than cannibalizing our own social infrastructure.
What’s truly dangerous here is the international perception. By framing this as a "funding crisis," the government is signaling to the world that our mature, highly efficient social security system is unaffordable—which is objectively false. Germany has long been the gold standard for a functioning social market economy. When we push this narrative of scarcity, it backfires globally: other nations look at us and say, "See? Even Germany can't make this w
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@boriz_ From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 102
Maybe requiring providers to send a copy of the billing to the patient so they can actually inform the the insurer of potential fraud would be a good start 🧐🤷