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VSPV criticizes the Contribution Stabilization Act: "In this form, it is essentially not capable of passing."
For the Association of Private Commercial Road Passenger Transport in North Rhine-Westphalia VSPV e.V., the result is clear: The law does not live up to its claim. Even the composition of the hearing already revealed a certain degree of bias. Although more than 90 experts were invited, no association representing commercial providers in the field of patient transport and ambulance transport was given a place as an expert. VSPV Managing Director Sascha Waltemate and the general representative as well as head of the capital office, Patrick Meinhardt, could only observe the session as spectators.
The federal government must take on more financial responsibility
The focus of the debate centered primarily on the revenues of the statutory health insurance. Several experts criticized that the federal government does not adequately finance benefits with a family-policy character, as well as the insurance of recipients of state transfer payments. Accordingly, the demand was clear that the federal government must live up to its financial responsibilities more fully. At the same time, attention was drawn to the increasing burdens on employees and employers.
The expenditure side also played an important role. The chairman of the board of the German Hospital Association, Dr. Gerald Gaß, made clear at the hearing that service providers could not close the financing gaps of the statutory health insurance funds on their own. Those who provide services for the statutory health insurance cannot operate in the long term under economically viable conditions.
Not only hospitals need more funding
The assessment that the federal government is obliged to close the financing gap is also shared by the VSPV. From the association's perspective, however, this obligation applies not only to hospitals but also to private and commercial providers of patient transport and ambulance transport. Especially in these areas, companies have been under cost pressure for years, while personnel, energy and vehicle costs continue to rise.
Sascha Waltemate drew a sober conclusion after the hearing:
„During the hearing it became clear that all experts, although in principle welcoming the idea of contribution stabilization, unanimously from their respective professional perspectives considered the draft bill unsuitable to achieve this.“
Patrick Meinhardt was even more explicit.
„There was no sign of euphoria among anyone; on the contrary, there was not a single expert who would call this law the big leap, not even a small leap. This hearing conveyed the uneasy feeling of a compulsory event, and one can only conclude: this law is ill-conceived and in this form is essentially not capable of being passed.“
For the patient transport sector, the discussion is of considerable importance. After all, the financing of statutory health insurance ultimately also determines which reimbursements for patient transports and medical trips will be possible in the future. The hearing has shown that many participants see a need for reform. Whether the Contribution Stabilization Act provides the right answer to that is currently in serious doubt.
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