One focus was the merger of health insurance companies implemented by the turquoise-blue government. However, the “patient billion” promised by this health care reform was never realized. As the RH already found in 2022, instead of savings, the merger actually resulted in additional costs. There were many expensive consulting contracts in the area; the other parties suspected that there was a haggling of positions and a “recoloring” of the coffers.
Kraker reported on a CD (regarding external awards by the minister) that might not be checked because it had simply disappeared. Hartinger-Klein defended the ÖGK merger as “important and right”. The patient billion was a wrong term from Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (VP). She rejected the accusation that she had blocked merger files from the RH audit.
