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Clearinghouse Duisburg: Why the state's assumption of the costs causes problems and what the city has to do.
According to a report from www.waz.de, the clearinghouse in Duisburg is facing financial problems, even though the NRW Ministry of Health has promised funding for two years until the end of 2025. However, the funding amount was reduced, forcing the city of Duisburg to increase its own contribution. The clearinghouse cares for people who do not have health insurance, and financial insecurity threatens the facility's existence. The clearing centers do important work and offer valuable assistance to people with unclear insurance status. In Duisburg, the jobs of two skilled workers and the health care of hundreds of people depend on this decision. In the first few years alone, the clearing house employees...
Clearinghouse Duisburg: Why the state's assumption of the costs causes problems and what the city has to do.
According to a report from www.waz.de, the clearinghouse in Duisburg is facing financial problems, even though the NRW Ministry of Health has promised funding for two years until the end of 2025. However, the funding amount was reduced, forcing the city of Duisburg to increase its own contribution. The clearinghouse cares for people who do not have health insurance, and financial insecurity threatens the facility's existence.
The clearing centers do important work and offer valuable assistance to people with unclear insurance status. In Duisburg, the jobs of two skilled workers and the health care of hundreds of people depend on this decision. The clearinghouse employees conducted almost 1,000 consultations in the first eleven months of the year alone. Clearinghouses are very important in North Rhine-Westphalia because people without health insurance end up in hospitals in emergencies and the costs are a burden on the hospitals.
The uncertain financial situation of the clearing house in Duisburg also has an impact on other cities in North Rhine-Westphalia where clearing houses also operate. The work of these institutions is essential and the continuation of the clearing houses should therefore be guaranteed. Financial support from the Ministry of Health is therefore crucial to ensure care for people without health insurance.
It is therefore very important that the NRW Ministry of Health continues to secure the financing of the clearing houses and ensures that this important work can be continued. It is to be hoped that those responsible will clarify the situation as quickly as possible and secure the long-term future of the clearing house in Duisburg and other cities.
As www.waz.de reports, the uncertain financing of the clearing house in Duisburg represents a major challenge. The continuation of the clearing house is crucial for the care of people without health insurance, and therefore those responsible should act quickly to ensure the financial security of the facility.
Read the source article at www.waz.de