Overview
- About 1,000 people who dialed 112 in January 2025 will receive retroactive bills starting at the end of March, the city said.
- City officials report a €2.5 million immediate shortfall and an overall exposure of roughly €13 million for 2025 because insurers recognized only part of last year's rescue-service costs.
- A January ruling by the Oberverwaltungsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg held that deployments without hospital transport do not have to be covered by statutory insurers.
- Recipients are advised to submit the fee notices to their health insurers to seek reimbursement.
- New state health minister René Wilke called the situation 'brenzlig,' proposed a round table, and began talks as opposition parties urge state funding and the government points to a federal reform.