Savings Capacity in Austrian Health Care System

Politics ♦ Published: November 12, 2011; 17:41 ♦ (Vindobona)

Expenses for the Austrian health care system amount to 11.0% of the GDP. The savings capacity has to be exploited, politicians say.

Savings Capacity in Austrian Health Care System / Picture: © Vindobona.org

“We cannot maintain the status quo of our health care system. That is clear for everyone.”, Sonja Wehsely, the health care senator in Vienna says. Yesterday, a discussion about the future of the Austrian health care system took place. Experts participated as well as the Minister for Health Care, Alois Stöger.

Regarding public expenses for the health care system, Austria has…