Karl Lauterbach

Health: Prognosis of health insurance deficit – how to finance it? – Politics

Health Minister Karl Lauterbach should take measures to stabilize the finances of mandatory health insurance funds. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa Are health insurance companies missing 17 billion euros in the next year – or is it even 25 billion? Forecasts still vary. The debate about what should be done is increasingly heated. Berlin – A …

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Health: Additional health insurance contributions will increase significantly in 2023 – policy

Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach. Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert / dpa Increasing spending is a burden on health insurance – and the federal government does not want to recoup everything from tax revenues. Now the government is announcing a new jump in costs for policyholders. Berlin – Members of compulsory health insurance companies will face …

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Legalization: Lauterbach: Putting cannabis on the market with the principle of safety first and foremost – politics

Health Minister Karl Lauterbach at an expert hearing on the preparation of a planned controlled sale of cannabis to adults in Germany. Photo: Kay Nietfeld / dpa This has been a sensitive topic for years – and a major project of the coalition for traffic lights: the planned legalization of cannabis should now be launched. …

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