The CSV particularly takes issue with the draft bill meant to govern the operation of the MRI centre in Potaschberg/Grevenmacher. To ensure that patients can be reimbursed by the National Health Fund (CNS), the centre currently operates under the control of the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL).
The CSV opposes the Ministry of Health’s decision not to authorise these private centres, claiming that it inhibits doctors’ freedom to practise their profession. The opposition party declared that it would approve these projects without requiring them to be placed under the supervision of a hospital. However, CSV representatives acknowledged that patients should not have to pay more for these private services than those available at hospitals.
The CVS is “concerned” about the recent clash between the Association of Doctors and Dentists (AMMD), the National Health Fund (CNS), and the Ministry of Health. Tensions have erupted over the digitalisation of the health care sector, with the AMMD proposing its own application and the e-Santé Agency insisting on the use of its electronic medical file, which the AMMD strongly opposes.
According to the CSV, Minister of Health Paulette Lenert is impeding progress with her “non-decisions.” The CSV criticises that the digital medical file is not working as intended and that patients are still unable to get their invoices directly reimbursed.
In general, the opposition politicians of the CSV think that, despite the fact that the sector dialogue is failing, the Minister is stubbornly sticking to her course of action, even if access to medical services is not assured for all patients and important advancements are being overlooked.
