News from Austria and Switzerland

[rvallee]

ME/CFS: New PAIS supply path fixed

ME/CFS: Neuer PAIS-Versorgungspfad fixiert

Die für die Gesundheitsversorgung in Österreich zuständigen Stellen haben sich auf einen Versorgungspfad zu postakuten Infektionssyndromen wie ME/CFS oder Post Covid geeinigt. Nach über eineinhalb Jahren Diskussion wurde am Freitag ein entsprechender Beschluss in der zuständigen...

www.sn.at

"The authorities responsible for health care in Austria have agreed on a supply pathway to post-acute infection syndromes such as ME/CFS or Post Covid. After more than a year and a half of discussion, a corresponding decision was taken on Friday in the responsible Federal Target Control Commission. The federal, state and social insurance companies are committed to the development of pensions in their areas. The question of the recently strongly criticized opinions remained open."

 

[Yann04]

The decision was preceded by a year-long debate on the future care of those affected - both in medical terms and with regard to social protection, such as the loss of capacity to work. The now-accorded paper, which has not been made public for the time being, is likely to lag behind the numerous recommendations for action of the National PAIS Action Plan, which was still being drafted under former Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens), but parts were included: Health Secretary Königsberger-Ludwig (SPÖ) emphasized before the start of the meeting on Friday, of course, the action plan of Minister Rauch as "instructions" had been taken, many points In a background discussion in front of journalists, she emphasized that the decision was only a prelude: "This is not over now, but now the work really begins."

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hmm…

we‘ll have to see what this actually means, concretely.