Continue reading "Corona, Krankenkassen und Homöopathie – Nichts ist immer noch zu teuer!"
Viele (alle?) Krankenkassen verschicken derzeit Erhöhungsmitteilungen zu den Beiträgen im Jahre 2021. Die Mehrkosten infolge der Corona-Krise werden vielfach als (Teil-)Begründung angegeben, fraglos ist das zutreffend und soll hier auch nicht Gegenstand der Kritik sein. Jedoch lässt dieser Vorgang einen …
Neue Securvita-Studie in Sachen Homöopathie – spektakulär oder business as usual?
„Was sagen Sie zu der Studie von der Securvita? Da steht doch jetzt wirklich schwarz auf weiß, dass ....“ Diese in letzter Zeit häufiger an uns herangetragene Frage nimmt Bezug auf eine Studie, über die die Securvita, eine in Würzburg …
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“So okay” – no way, Minister Spahn! – A “Too long – Didn’t read” for those in a hurry.
Prof. Tina Salomon's detailed article on the "homeopathic 20-million peanuts", which we recently published under the heading "Points of View", met with great interest - and the desire to provide a "short version" of it. We would like to thank …
“So okay”, Minister Spahn? – No way! – A guest article by health economist Prof. Dr. Tina Salomon
Health economics is an established science. It provides the basis for how modern health care systems function in themselves and in economic environments. It defines a framework for decisions on sustainable health policy under the special economic criteria of this …
Open letter to Karin Maag, Member of the Bundestag – Reimbursement of Homeopathy
Mrs. Karin Maag, member of the Health Committee of the German Bundestag, has recently spoken out on several occasions against the reimbursement of homeopathy by the statutory health insurance funds. She did use a number of arguments which, in the …
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Open letter of the INH to the German Federal Minister of Health on the “internal consensus” of the German medical law
Yesterday, on 13.06.2019, German TV satirist Jan Böhmermann so satirically as accurately analysed homeopathy in his programme "Neo Magazin Royale" and thus articulated in his special way the - in our opinion - widespreaded displeasure about the role of the …
Alternative practitioners on pharmacy-only obligation and labelling of homeopathic remedies – a statement of the INH
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Open letter of the INH to the Siemens health insurance company (SBK)
In the context of the discussion on the reimbursement of homeopathy by statutory health insurance funds, the CEO of SBK drew attention to himself on Twitter with the "argument" that the small amount spent on homeopathy in his company was …
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On homeopathy cost studies: Nothing is always too expensive
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Glasses, dentures and homeopathy – The role of statutory health insurances
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Open letter of the information network homeopathy to the statutory health insurance “Die Techniker” (TK)
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But health insurance companies wouldn’t pay for ineffective drugs!
(This contribution describes the legal situation in Germany which currently applies to the reimbursement of homeopathy by the statutory health insurance.) Unfortunately the health insurances do this indeed, even if one hardly considers it possible. Because the legislator allows the …
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