ÖGK boss Huss warns:

“Dumbest idea. Then the healthcare system is dead”

Andreas Huss, Chairman of the Austrian Health Insurance Fund in an interview with "Krone"

(Bild: Zwefo)

The "Krone" spoke to the Chairman of the Austrian Health Insurance Fund, Andreas Huss, about problems in the healthcare system, conflict resolution and the stupidest ideas in the current election manifestos. 

"Krone": Mr. Huss, you are the chairman of Austria's largest health insurance company. You have boxing gloves hanging in your office. Do you need them in your job?
Andreas Huss: I was given them as a parting gift when I moved to Vienna, along with a double magnum bottle of red wine - both as a way of dealing with conflict. The red wine is empty. The boxing gloves have never been used. I always try to resolve conflicts by talking. Violence supposedly only occurs within the medical association.