health reform

Health Today: Take Responsibility Now

The age of the full-coverage mentality in health care is long gone. Our social system assigns a sovereignty to patients – that of taking more personal responsibility for maintaining their health. Changes over time, such as co-payments for health care services, also make preventive care an economic necessity for the patient. The development of many … Health Today: Take Responsibility Now

Do you Really Have to Treat Everything?

Not only since the health care reform has the question arisen as to whether everything really has to be treated, whether the “feasibility mania” of medicine does not overshoot the mark often enough. Unlike the ongoing discussion about the benefits and associated costs of medical treatment, the question of the measure and scope of a … Do you Really Have to Treat Everything?