Schwerin (dpa / mv) - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) has welcomed proposals from a government commission to reform hospital care. "It's time to focus on the medical care of patients again and take the financial pressure off the clinics," said Schwesig (SPD) on Tuesday in Schwerin.
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) had previously presented the results of the commission. He wants to fundamentally change the system of case flat rates - in which clinics receive a fixed amount per patient.
Schwesig supports that, it is right that in the future they should only make up part of the financing of the clinics. The planned reduction of the case rate for children and young people by 60 percent could only be a first step in the right direction, she said. In this area, the SPD politician pleads for a complete abolition.
The left in the northeast also supports Lauterbach's plans in principle, but considers them too timid and fragmented. "Health care is a central component of services of general interest. It cannot and must not be subject to market mechanisms," said Torsten Koplin, health policy spokesman for the left-wing faction. He called for the system of flat rates per case to be overcome, in his words hospitals should not have to make any profits.
