Bundestag Passes Healthcare Cuts, Shifting Costs to Patients by 2027

Germany's coalition government clears a spending package to stabilize insurance contributions through provider cuts and higher co-payments, over the objections of state governments.

The German Bundestag has passed a contentious healthcare reform package designed to stabilize statutory health insurance contributions by 2027. The coalition bill, approved on July 10 as part of the chamber's summer legislative agenda, relies on a combination of provider spending cuts and increased patient co-payments to curb rising costs. [1][3]

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