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Diakonia required to achieve even more control in health care financing. Apart from positive aspects criticism of cuts to hospitals.

Berlin, 6 November 2006. Diakonie the EKD in favor of
today-start the hearing of the Bundestag on health reform for a more courageous and sustainable
Reindeer use of taxpayer money in the statutory health insurance from
. "If the services of insurance companies, which the whole of society from
interest, consistently funded by the tax
be, the health insurance contributions are first kept stable.
is the also the reduction of unemployment," said Bernd Schlueter,
social policy board of the work. He also called for in view of the
low health insurance premiums paid by the federal government for recipients of unemployment benefit II
: "This additional tax funds could help
to stabilize the cash contributions . Or even reduce "
A rejection issued Schlüter the so-called recovery fees, providing for the
government for hospitals and emergency services:" A reform that
worthy of the name should not be funded from account deductions for the
providers "

. Positive elements in the health reform provides the Diakonisches Werk der EKD
where there is a better and economically viable service offering of
health insurance goes. are particularly important for diaconal perspective new ways
of outpatient care that reach the patient at home and consuming
inpatient services in hospital or nursing home to avoid. "We . Can and
to patients' needs better account yet thrifty
means the insured, "says Schlueter
following concrete examples of the diaconate leads to:

- Rehabilitation services are to continue the patient's home or in
nursing home can be provided which. would especially benefit older people
who can not come to the rehabilitation facility

-. protracted people with serious diseases, such as epilepsy, tumors and other
could in future be more easily treated in hospital outpatient


-. Incurable sick and dying people are to be designed by the government
future, better provided at home or in nursing homes. You will receive
entitled to a special palliative care.

case of development of outpatient services is missing from the perspective of Diakonia
a key element: the home help for sick parents with children under twelve years
. So far it is only in the event that the affected parent
is treated in the hospital. But it is equally necessary if
be treated as an outpatient cancer patients.
The opinion of the diaconal work of the EKD to health reform is on the website
www.diakonie.de/de/html/aktuelles/23_4547.html to Download
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