There is a fuss about Lauterbach's 50 billion promise: states and health insurance companies should pay for hospital reform. “There is more money for the clinics and a better overview of the quality of the hospitals,” says the Federal Health Minister.

‘This approach confirms the impression that Lautersbach has no interest in real cooperation with the states on an equal footing,’ says Bavaria’s Health Minister Judith Gerlach (CSU) “A future transformation fund is necessary for structural change, but not a solution for the current situation, says Bavarian Hospital Society.