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23. October 20192. September 2020

“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 …

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15. October 20195. September 2020

“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 …

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29. July 20195. September 2020

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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14. June 20195. September 2020

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 …

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4. February 201817. August 2019

Alternative practitioners on pharmacy-only obligation and labelling of homeopathic remedies – a statement of the INH

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8. January 201817. August 2019

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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22. September 201720. September 2019

On homeopathy cost studies: Nothing is always too expensive

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10. March 201725. June 2020

Glasses, dentures and homeopathy – The role of statutory health insurances

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8. March 20175. September 2020

Open letter of the information network homeopathy to the statutory health insurance “Die Techniker” (TK)

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16. September 20164. October 2019

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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