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- Health care savings package to go up for vote in Bundestag
- Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul to meet Slovenian counterpart in Berlin
Read below for a roundup of the latest headlines from Germany on Friday, July 10:
Skip next section Health care package expected to pass in Bundestag07/10/2026July 10, 2026
Health care package expected to pass in Bundestag
Germany’s lower house, the Bundestag, is expected to vote for passing a a package of savings in the country’s healthcare expenditure.
The package, which will apply from the 2027 budget, will affect doctors’ practices, hospitals, pharmacies and the pharmaceutical industry.
It includes higher co-payments for prescription medicines and tighter rules governing the free co-insurance of spouses under Germany’s statutory health insurance system, among other measures.
Attempts to delay the vote by asking the country’s Constitutional Court to intervene through emergency applications, arguing parliament did not have enough time to scrutinize some last-minute changes made to the bill, was rejected.
While the package is expected to pass in the Bundestag, it could still face opposition in the Bundesrat, Germany’s upper house.
The cost-saving measures have also triggered protests by health care staff in Germany.
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Felix Tamsut | Dmytro Hubenko Editor
Goten morgen!
Today, we will be covering the latest legislation in Germany’s lower house, the Bundestag, ahead of its summer break.
Among the proposals is a cost-cutting package for the country’s public health care.
Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul will also hold a meeting with Slovenian counterpart Tone Kajzer in Berlin, with the two expected to discuss the war in Ukraine.
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