Private health spending is at a record high of 11.2 billion euros after the FPÖ and ÖVP smashed the coffers – SPÖ calls for guaranteed appointments and the fight against two-tier medicine
Vienna (OTS/SK) – SPÖ club chairman and health spokesman Philip Kucher sees data published today by Statistics Austria under the title “Austria’s health spending” confirming what most people in Austria have long felt: “Austria’s much-praised health system is unfortunately getting worse. It’s now crashing in every corner. Everyone feels this. From the patients to the healthcare staff!” ****
Specifically, the data from Statistics Austria shows that the private spending of Austrians has increased, meaning that two-tier medicine is making further progress. At 11.2 billion euros, more money has never been spent privately on health in Austria than in the most recent reporting year. Kucher: “There is more and more, rather than less, two-tier medicine. No wonder, the problem of two-tier medicine is not even mentioned in the government program of the current federal government.”
The SPÖ demands a real offensive against the advancing two-tier medicine and the necessary steps to achieve the goal of a guaranteed appointment within 14 days. Missing doctors, missing nurses, postponed operations, ever longer waiting times for doctor’s appointments and operations, doctors having less and less time for their patients. There would be enough tasks for politics. The SPÖ is the only party that makes a clear commitment to strengthening the public health system. (End) lk/bj
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