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A 73-year-old retiree in Switzerland began to delve deeper into homeopathy. The small white spheres containing highly diluted medicines fall under complementary medicine, which is reimbursed by basic insurance.
The pensioner tells the “Sonntagszeitung”: “There is no serious evidence that homeopathy works.” It is not a scientifically substantiated form of therapy, but an ideology.
Medicines must prove their effectiveness
The special treatment of homeopathy in the compulsory health insurance (OKP) bothers the pensioner who initiated the procedure. All other areas would have to prove their effectiveness in complex studies.
He therefore submitted an application to the Federal Office for Public Health (BAG), which initiated a so-called controversial procedure, as the newspaper reports: The aim is to clarify whether homeopathy should continue to be billed through the compulsory health insurance (OKP) .
This concerns the criteria of effectiveness, feasibility and cost-effectiveness (WZW) that must be met in order to achieve this. To date, there is no scientifically recognized evidence for the pharmacological effectiveness of homeopathic medicines. The claim that the desired effect can be increased by the dilution process contradicts scientific findings.
Potential savings: 17 million francs
According to the “Sonntagszeitung”, a consultation process is now underway at the BAG in which medical homeopaths, umbrella organizations of health insurers and the medical association FMH can respond to the question of whether they consider homeopathy services to be controversial or not.
What is interesting: The chairman of the FMH, doctor Yvonne Gilli (66), is herself a doctor who offers classical homeopathy.
Complementary medicine costs the OKP approximately 17 million francs annually. A decision in the consultation process is not expected until the end of 2024 at the earliest. It is then transferred to the Federal Ministry of the Interior (EDI). (neo)
Source:Blick
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