Title: Psychotherapy as a health insurance benefit
Country: AUSTRIA
Form(s) of actions:
Petition, parliamentary debates
Type(s) of actions
Petition
Summary:
„Psychotherapie als Leistung der Krankenkasse” was launched by two politicians of the liberal party „Neos” with over 11000 signatures of citizens. It is an example of a petition that did not take people with lived experience into account. It raises the issues of too few therapies being funded by state health insurance, long waiting times and high costs of therapy. They demand psychotherapy for everyone (but especially children and young people) to be available through state health insurance.
Aim:
Psychotherapy as a health insurance benefit.
Main stakeholders:
Political representatives (liberal party “Neos”).
Issues addressed:
Too few therapies being funded by state health insurance, long waiting times and high costs of therapy.
Outcome
Political debate
Sustainability
N/A
Link(s): https://www.parlament.gv.at/gegenstand/XXVII/PET/123
Data source: Petition analysis and interview