Free choice of doctor will soon be abolished? This is what the citizens say about it

The spirits differ on the plans of the forming coalition of the Union and SPD to introduce a primary doctor’s regulation for health insurance patients. This was the result of a Forsa survey on behalf of the star At the end of last week. 49 percent of Germans would therefore not make sense if, in the future, whoever wants a specialist date, must first have it examined by the family doctor. He would then decide on a transfer to the specialist. 46 percent of German citizens support the plan. Five percent of the respondents said no opinion. Gynecologists and ophthalmologists would be excluded from the regulation.

According to the reform, everyone would get a family doctor as a primary doctor. The principle of free choice of doctor previously voted would be lifted. This is how the plans of the health group of the future black and red government coalition provide for it. The change is intended to help relieve the health system and to better coordinate patient care. Some statutory health insurance companies such as the Techniker Hospital offer their insured a corresponding family doctor program on a voluntary basis.

Proponents of the new, then mandatory regulation, such as the chairwoman of the Marburger Bund medical union, lead too many patients visited too many doctors – and often also the wrong ones. Critics fear that the primary doctor’s regulation could still exacerbate the consequences of the general practitioner, which are particularly noticeable in the country.

The differences in the mood of the party are striking. The greatest consent of 57 percent is the planned primary medicine regulation under SPD supporters (rejection: 41 percent). 52 percent of the Union voters are also (rejection: 41 percent). The majority of the plans of voters of the Greens (51 percent rejection, 41 percent consent), the left (60 percent rejection, 33 percent consent) and the AfD (56 percent rejection, 41 percent consent).