Austria has new rules for sick people. It concerns illnesses like ME/CFS or Long-Covid. These illnesses often happen after an infection. Many sick people are very tired and weak.
Finding help was often hard. Many people paid much money themselves. This changes now. The government and health insurance companies work together. They made a plan for better care.
Health insurance companies play an important role. They pay for exams and medical treatment. This includes medicine and therapies. One example is Pacing. You learn to save your energy with Pacing.
The regions have different ideas. Some regions build special medical centers. Other regions use local doctors. The goal is help near your home.
The government collects better data now. They want to know the number of sick people. Experts guess over 73.000 people are sick. New rules for diagnosis start in July.
Very sick people get help at home. Doctors visit these people. This saves the patients much strength. The new work for care starts now.
