Offener Brief an Staatssekretär Tino Sorge, BMG, zur Evidenz im öffentlichen Gesundheitswesen

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Mit dem jüngsten GKV‑Finanzierungspapier hat die Bundesregierung erstmals deutlich gemacht, dass Evidenz ein verbindliches Kriterium für Finanzierung und Priorisierung im Gesundheitssystem werden soll – und Homöopathie sowie Anthroposophie ausdrücklich in diesem Zusammenhang genannt. Diese Markierung …

Homöopathie-Debatte reloaded? Offener Brief zur Bundesdelegiertenkonferenz der Grünen im November 2025

Photo by Diana Light on Pexels.com Ihr erinnert euch noch an die Initiative "weil's hilft" unter Regie des bekannten Antroposophen Schmidt-Troschke, die 2024 gegen Lauterbachs Pläne zur Streichung der Kassenerstattung eine Petition mit rd. 200.000 …

Politischer Handlungsbedarf: Offener Brief des INH an Bundesgesundheitsministerin Warken

Wie schnell sich der Wind drehen kann, das haben wir in den letzten 20 Monaten erlebt. Erst kündigte im Januar 2024 Minister Lauterbach mit seinem 2. Referentenentwurf zum Gesundheitsversorgungsstärkungsgesetz den Wegfall der Erstattungspriviliegen für die …

Kassenerstattung für Homöopathie vor dem Aus! Oder …?

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Ort der Entscheidung - Photo by Paul Scheelen on Pexels.com Seit Januar wurde es als ziemlich sicher gehandelt, dass mit dem neuen Gesundheitsversorgungsstärkungsgesetz (GVSG) die Erstattung von Homöopathieleistungen (Mittel und Therapie) in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung …

“Globuli, Wissenschaft, Patientenwunsch” – ? Eine Veranstaltungsankündigung

Gerade erst konnten wir vermelden, dass die Landesärztekammer Thüringen als vierzehnte von 17 LÄK nun auch die Homöopathie aus ihrer Landesweiterbildungsordnung verbannt hat. Ein weiterer Erfolg für die wissenschaftsbasierte Homöopathiekritik. Dass ein Ende der Homöopathie …

Open letter from the INH on the topic of patient safety to the Federal Government Commissioner for Patients

This article meets the German health policy goal of "patient safety" and contradicts the use of this term by homeopaths.

Open letter to Minister Lucha, Baden-Württemberg, on the deletion of homeopathy from the further training regulations of the State Medical Association

The decision of the Baden-Württemberg Medical Association to remove homeopathy from the state's further training regulations was met with very clear and repeated public criticism by the Minister for Health, Social Affairs and Integration of …

Time for action! INH Open Letter on Homeopathy in the Health Sector

Six years of INH educational work, discussions and advertising for an appropriate role for homeopathy - not as medicine and outside the health system. We have achieved a lot, raised general awareness about the real …

Tierärztliche Zusatzbezeichnung Homöopathie – ein Offener Brief

Uns ist leider erst recht spät bekannt geworden, dass eine Abstimmung über Erhalt oder Abschaffung der "tierärztlichen Zusatzbezeichnung Homöopathie" bei der Bayerischen Landestierärzteschaft ansteht. Wir schätzen hier die Chancen nicht so groß ein wie bei …

Guten Tag! Wir möchten immer noch mit Ihnen über Homöopathie reden!

  + Wir erinnern uns: Im Juni 2019 hatte uns Mathias Hevert, der Geschäftsführer der Fa. Hevert Arzneimittel, in einem Interview mit Pharma Relations , „den Skeptikern“ vorgehalten, sie würden eine „klar voreingenommene Haltung gegenüber …

Open letter from INH to the scientific editorial staff of rbb TV – on the dossier “The Truth about … homeopathy

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Die Homöopathen und die Skeptiker – eine alte neue Story

In Österreich gibt es die "Ärztegesellschaft für klassische Homöopathie" (ÄKH), was allgemein bekannt und nicht über das Übliche hinaus bemerkenswert ist. Die ÄKH führt Fortbildungsveranstaltungen durch, derzeit in Form von Webinaren, auch dies ist noch …

“On Effectiveness of Homeopathy” – The INH on Publications in the “KVH-Journal”, Hamburg

Fortunately,  the German medical profession meanwhile moves forward in the case of homeopathy. This is to be seen at the nine federal physician chambers which adopted new training guidelines without homeopathy within the last twelve …

A Journey to the Past in German TV – and a Critical Answer

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Statement of the INH on the publication of the DZVhÄ “Homeopathy can contribute to the treatment of Covid-19 disease”

At the portal "Homöopathie online" of the German Central Association of Homeopathic Physicians a longer article in the form of an interview with a homeopathic physician has been published. It is about the alleged treatment …

The INH’s Statement on the “Scientific Opinion” concerning the homeopathy proposal of the party “Bündnis90/Die Grünen

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Open letter to the Bavarian Members of Parliament: Homeopathy is not an alternative to antibiotics!

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Open letter to Health Minister Spahn on the continuation of the reimbursement of homeopathy in the SHI

Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn declared yesterday, 17.09.2019, that he would adhere further to the reimbursability of homeopathy by the statutory health insurance funds. He cited the comparatively marginal costs compared to the total expenditure …

The INH to MEPs on homeopathy in the EU Medicines Directive

In the meantime, the Spanish government has initiated a wide outreach against pseudomedicine. For example, it no longer wants to accept the medicinal status of homeopathy, wants to ban homeopathy from pharmacies and has already …

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 …

Hello! We’re from INH and want to talk about homeopathy with you!

In an interview with Pharma Relations, Mathias Hevert, Managing Director of Hevert Arzneimittel, accused the "skeptics" of taking a "clearly biased stance towards homeopathy", also of neither wanting to inform nor being willing to discuss. …

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 …

Open letter to the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomeriana on her patronage of the Homeopathic Medical Congress 2019

This year's Homeopathic Medical Congress of the Central Association of Homeopathic Physicians will take place in Stralsund from 29 May to 1 June 2019. As usual with such meetings, the DZVhÄ assured itself also this …

Open Letter by the GWUP Science Board and the INH to Melanie Huml, Secretary of State for Health, Bavaria

On 13 December 2018, the CSU parliamentary group in the Bavarian state parliament published a press release entitled "Naturopathy should be more firmly anchored at Bavarian universities". This corresponded both with a similar parliamentary motion …

Greeting of the patient representative to the Hahnemannia – further open letter with 52 signatories by name

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Open letter of the INH to the government’s patient representative on the occasion of the greeting message on the 150th birthday of Hahnemannia

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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 …

German Homeopathic Doctors on EASAC Statement: An Answer from the INH

We have reported on the verdict of the Advisory Committee of the Scientific Academies of the European Community on Homeopathy and reactions to it. As expected, the German Central Association of Homeopathic Physicians has also …

Open letter of the INH to the interview with Dr. Tournier (HRI) on “Homöopathie online”.

Homeopathy online, the online portal of the German Central Association of Homeopathic Physicians, titled on 27 September 2017 : "Interview: How a positive homeopathy study turned into a negative one". Under this heading, an interview …

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

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Minister defends the protective fence for homeopathy – INH in response to the Open Letter to the Ministry of Health (2016)

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