{"id":345257,"date":"2025-12-12T22:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T22:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/345257\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T22:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T22:42:09","slug":"more-people-lack-health-care-aid-group-says-dw-12-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/345257\/","title":{"rendered":"More people lack health care, aid group says \u2013 DW \u2013 12\/12\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

12\/12\/2025December 12, 2025Report says many in Germany lack access to medical care<\/p>\n

Many people in Germany have had little or no access to medical care<\/a>, according to a report released by the aid group Doctors of the World.<\/p>\n

Christian Stegm\u00fcller, who heads the organization\u2019s domestic programs, said Germany was failing to guarantee the right to medical care for everyone living in the country, pointing to a rising number of uninsured people and gaps in care for those with health insurance debt.<\/p>\n

The report, published on Friday, is based on data from Doctors of the World clinics and mobile treatment units in Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich.<\/p>\n

In those cities, 2,254 patients were treated and advised free of charge last year in 7,403 consultations, including 1,133 first-time patients.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of patients,\u00a0about 97%, were at risk of poverty, while 88% had no fixed residence and 26% were homeless.<\/p>\n

Living on the streets or in shared shelters was linked to a higher incidence of illness, with respiratory diseases the most commonly diagnosed.<\/p>\n

About 88% of patients were uninsured, while 9% had limited coverage, mainly because of unpaid insurance contributions or restrictions under asylum benefit rules.<\/p>\n

People who fall behind on contributions for two months often receive only limited care, for example when their electronic health card is blocked.<\/p>\n

German foreign medical worker program mired in bureaucracy<\/p>\n

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