Optendrenk is to move the Federal Joint Committee | EUROtoday

As the self-administration of the statutory medical health insurance (GKV), the GBA decides, amongst different issues, which medical providers are coated by the medical health insurance corporations and which minimal requirements hospitals should meet. Obtendrenk is taken into account essentially the most promising candidate, however should first be confirmed by a number of committees.

When requested by the FAZ, the Ministry of Health in Wiesbaden mentioned that Obtendrenk’s potential change could be a “personal opportunity” for the “recognized expert”. We welcome the truth that specialists from Hesse are taking up such an essential activity.

At the beginning of the state authorities in 2024, Hesse was searching for a succesful home supervisor who may very well be positioned alongside the beforehand comparatively inexperienced Health Minister Diana Stolz (CDU). Stolz was beforehand a councilor within the Bergstrasse district in southern Hesse and chairwoman of the ladies’s union. There was additionally criticism of her at occasions within the CDU. It was put into perspective with regards to the truth that Obtendrenk, as State Secretary, would reliably lead the ministry in case of doubt. Obtendrenk had beforehand gained expertise within the Federal Ministry of Health.

The opposition within the Hessian state parliament reacted with concern to Obtendrenk’s departure. So far she has compensated for the minister’s technical weaknesses. “If the expertise now disappears from the ministry, then that will leave a big gap in all the important reform projects that are now to be implemented,” mentioned the well being coverage spokeswoman for the Greens, Kathrin Anders, to the FAZ. The well being ministries of the federal states should implement the deliberate emergency and hospital reforms inside their duty.