While the FDP Saar welcomes that the CDU and SPD in the Saarbrücken Regional Association are finally bringing movement to the discussion about the shareholder structure of the SHG, the proposal falls far too short.
“Anyone who wants to honestly discuss the future of the SHG must not only consider the German Pension Insurance. AWO and the Federal Miners' Insurance must also make their shares available. The current arrangement is part of the problem,” explains the health policy spokesperson of the FDP Saar, Dr. Helmut Isringhaus.
The role of the Federal Miners', Railway and Shipping Social Insurance Fund is particularly problematic.
„The SHG has a shareholder on board with the Federal Miners' Health Insurance Fund, who is also a direct competitor. It cannot work if a co-shareholder, who knows all the internal matters and plans of the SHG, simultaneously poaches patients and staff. This is a serious structural conflict of interest.“
According to the FDP, the complicated shareholder structure has paralyzed the SHG for years. The unanimity principle enshrined in the articles of association leads to even necessary decisions being blocked or delayed.
“The SHG no longer needs endless rounds of coordination, but clear responsibilities and leadership that can take action. With this structure, the SHG is hardly strategically manageable anymore.
If the shareholders cannot achieve this, the Prime Minister must issue a decisive directive.”
The FDP Saar therefore calls for a fundamental restart of the ownership structure of the SHG.
“If only cosmetic adjustments are made to individual shares now, nothing will change. The parties involved must finally have the courage to give up old entitlements. The SHG must no longer remain a pawn of conflicting interests,” Isringhaus concluded.
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