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According to a study by the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK), several thousand people in Austria lack insurance coverage despite existing health insurance and are hesitant to seek medical assistance due to fear of costs or shame. #Sozialversicherung #Gesundheit #Österreich (translated)

The Greens have submitted an urgent motion in the National Council for free medical visits to protest against the savings proposed by business representatives in the healthcare system, such as tiered deductibles and the elimination of reimbursement for visits to private doctors, while Social Minister Korinna Schumann and other parties strictly reject these proposals. #Sozialversicherung #Gesundheitssystem #Selbstbehalte (translated)

Furkan Yildirim wrote that chip stocks have fallen sharply worldwide. He named as a trigger remarks made by Broadcom CEO Hock Tan, who said at a conference in Singapore on Monday that many AI investors do not understand what they are investing in and have set expectations too high. SK Hynix lost 10.09 percent, Samsung 7.39 percent, and the South Korean stock market 5.46 percent. At the same time, Broadcom expects annual AI chip revenues of $230 billion by 2028 – four times the current value. Yildirim referred to Samsung's recent figures: the company reported a record operating profit of around $80 billion the week before, an increase of 782 percent. Five days later, the stock dropped by 7.39 percent. According to Handelsblatt, Samsung and SK Hynix are now valued on the stock market at just under four times their expected annual profit for 2027 – similar to distressed European car manufacturers. The market apparently no longer trusts the record profits, wrote Yildirim. He highlighted as a key statement from Tan's speech that capital is now scarcer than chips, memory, or power. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan identified capital and its costs as the greatest challenge at the same conference. Yildirim also quoted a projection from Apollo economist Torsten Slok: Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle could invest $892 billion in data centers this year and even $1.1 trillion by 2027. Public budgets and social security in Germany are expected to invest a total of approximately $170.6 billion by 2025. The companies are increasingly financing their expenditures through bonds and competing with governments for investors, which, according to Yildirim, could raise interest rates for everyone. A model published by the U.S. think tank Brookings estimates that the U.S. will need investments of $10.3 trillion in AI infrastructure by 2032. According to the model, for this to be profitable, the AI sector would need to generate approximately $3.7 trillion in annual revenue by 2032, accounting for 9.2 percent of total U.S. economic output. Yildirim also wrote that Broadcom partially guarantees a loan package of around $42 billion, with which AI developer Anthropic is financing its computing chips for 2027. By the end of October, the first large data center operators will present their figures. The question now is no longer merely whether enough chips can be produced but also who will be able to pay for them. #ChipIndustrie #Investitionen #KünstlicheIntelligenz (translated)

The biggest weakness in the healthcare system is the interplay between the health insurance, that is, social insurance, and the medical chamber," said Clemens Martin Auer, former section head in the Ministry of Health and outgoing president of the European Health Forum Gastein, in KURIER. #Gesundheitssystem #ÖGK #Ärztekammer (translated)

The chairman of the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK), Andreas Huss, rejects the criticism of former Health Minister Clemens Martin Auer, emphasizing that social insurance has been forced into a difficult negotiating position by the fear of the Medical Association and has not yet reached a unified overall contract with the Medical Association. #Gesundheitssystem #ÖGK #Ärztekammer (translated)

The outgoing president of the European Health Forum Gastein, Clemens Martin Auer, sharply criticizes the Austrian social insurance and describes Hans Peter Doskozil's plans for specialized heart surgery in Oberwart as delusional. #Gesundheitssystem #Sozialversicherung #Ärzteversorgung (translated)

The first specialist centers, funded from a joint pot of federal, state, and social insurance, are to start by no later than 2029 in order to improve the care structure between primary care and hospitals, as announced by Health Minister Korinna Schumann. #Gesundheitsreform #Primärversorgung #Facharztzentren (translated)

The author referred to Prof. Martin Werding, who predicted in the article that the combined contributions to pension, health, long-term care, and unemployment insurance would already exceed 45 percent by 2030 and would approach 50 to 55 percent of gross wages by 2050. https://t.co/C3diHRaoHW #Sozialversicherung #Rente #Gesundheitswesen #DE (translated)

The waiting times for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) dropped from an average of 28 to 20 days in 2026 compared to the previous year, although patients in Burgenland, Vorarlberg, and Upper Austria still had to wait over 30 days. #MRTWartezeiten #Gesundheitswesen #Sozialversicherung (translated)

The author wrote that, in his opinion, even an immediate implementation of all the demands of the AfD would not prevent harsh austerity measures in social insurance. Their deficits would continue to rise due to aging, and the public is being lied to, he stated. #AfD #Sozialpolitik #Wahrheit #DE (translated)

In a cyber attack on the Danish Civil Registration System, unknown individuals gained access to data from 8.8 million people, including names, addresses, and social security numbers, which is classified as an extremely serious incident. #Hackerangriff #Dänemark #Datenschutz (translated)

»Wir lassen uns nicht einfach nehmen, was wir in vielen Jahren an sozialen Standards aufgebaut haben.«DGB-Chefin Yasmin Fahimi kritisierte in Essen unter anderem Reformpläne der Koalition bei Arbeitszeit und Rente und warnte vor Leistungskürzungen in den Sozialversicherungen. #Sozialstaat #Demonstration #Gewerkschaften

Eigentlich wollte ich zu Friedrich Merz nichts mehr sagen. Aber das schlägt dem Fass den Boden aus! Ein Großteil des deutschen Gesundheitssystems wird über die private Krankenversicherung mitfinanziert. Hier aus einer Emotion heraus gleich die Systemfrage zu stellen, ist ein weiterer Schlag ins Gesicht der Beschäftigten im Gesundheitswesen, der Versicherten und des gesamten Systems unserer Sozialversicherung. Dieser Wahnsinn muss verhindert werden. WK #Gesundheitswesen #SozialeSicherheit #FriedrichMerz

Kollege von mir geht mit 59 in den Vorruhestand. Über Altersteilzeit, Arbeitslosengeld, Rente mit 65 und meinte zu mir: "Du musst in meiner Situation natürlich alles mitnehmen was geht. Aber am Ende ist es ein riesiger Geldtransfer von jung zu alt. Deutsches Arbeitsrecht, Gehaltsstrukturen in Firmen, Abfindungen, Arbeitslosengeld, Rente, Sozialversicherungen. Irgendjemand muss das alles finanzieren und ich bin es nicht mehr. Ich habe zwei Söhne, einer ist bereits in der Schweiz. Ich habe dem anderen empfohlen ebenfalls zu gehen." #Vorruhestand #Rente #Sozialversicherungen

Der eigentliche Skandal ist nicht der Spritpreis. Es sind: Die gestiegenen Sozialversicherungs-Kosten Die ungeheure Steuerlast Die gestiegene Grundsteuer Die staatlichen Nebenkosten beim Immobilienerwerb Die Milliarden für NGOs Der hohe Strompreis Die CO2 Besteuerung Der überbordene Beamten Staat Die mittlerweile unbezahlbaren Sozialgeschenke des Staates an Nichtleister Die völlig sinnlosen Geldgeschenke ans Ausland * ihr könnt gerne ergänzen #Sozialpolitik #Steuern #Lebenshaltungskosten

Arbeitsagentur Zwickau warnt vor zunehmend schwieriger Lage. Behördenchef Andreas Fleischer berichtet von tausenden verlorenen Arbeitsplätzen. Volkswagen scheint die Ursache! #Arbeitsagentur #Zwickau #Arbeitsmarkt #Volkswagen Warnung: Andreas Fleischer, Chef der Arbeitsagentur Zwickau, berichtet von 4.600 verlorenen sozialversicherungspflichtigen Arbeitsplätzen innerhalb eines Jahres. Drei Viertel davon entfielen auf das verarbeitende Gewerbe. Seit Jahresbeginn erhält die Behörde durchschnittlich alle zwei Wochen eine Anzeige über Massenentlassungen. Arbeitsmarkt: Im August 2026 waren im Landkreis Zwickau 16.412 Menschen arbeitslos gemeldet und damit 817 mehr als ein Jahr zuvor. Die Arbeitslosenquote stieg von 6,2 auf 6,6 Prozent. Fleischer erklärt, dass die Vermittlung von Beschäftigten zunehmend schwieriger werde. Die Arbeitsagentur Zwickau sieht den regionalen Arbeitsmarkt damit unter wachsendem Druck und erwartet bei anhaltender Krise eine zunehmend schwierige Vermittlungssituation. Vielen Dank für den wichtigen Hinweis! Quelle: Freie Presse https://t.co/6ZmYDNzs49 #Arbeitsmarkt #Zwickau #Volkswagen