Doctors furious at east/west German fund discrepancy
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Dr Wolfgang Eckert, chairman of the association of the regional office of statutory health insurance physicians in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern last week opened fire on health minister Ulla Schmidt's indifferent attitude towards doctors in the states of the former East Germany. Commenting on a study undertaken by the central institute for statutory healthcare in the federal republic of Germany, he said: "We [in east Germany] have more illness than the west and less money to treat it. Ulla Schmidt cannot continue to treat doctors and patients from the east in this manner."
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