Health insurance no longer pays for cherry blossom therapy

Bad news for the Swiss sect “Cherry Blossom Community”. For years, the psychiatrists were able to have their controversial sex and drug therapies billed through the health insurance. That’s over now. Again “Observer” writes, the Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) has decided that as of January 1, 2021, the health insurers will no longer have to assume the costs of so-called real psychotherapy.

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Previously, the Solothurn psychiatrist Alexandra Horsch had submitted a clarification application on behalf of various psychiatry and psychotherapy specialist societies in May 2018. And thus found a hearing at the Federal Commission for General Services and Fundamental Questions ELGK, as now shows. The ELGK decides which treatments are listed in the insurer’s catalog of benefits. The decision is final on December 22nd.

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Sex therapies and drugs

The health insurance companies are happy. «Real psychotherapy has been a thorn in our side for a long time. We welcome the fact that these questionable methods can no longer be billed to the premium payers, ”says Matthias Müller, press spokesman for Santésuisse to the“ observer ”.

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The founder of the sect, Samuel Widmer († 68), died in January 2017. He propagated the use of LSD and other drugs. In principle, sexual practices between the therapist and the patient were not excluded. But even after his death, the practice in Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen SO continues. The esoteric community has around 200 members.

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Dropout unpacked about practices

Two years ago, the therapist Ute F. * from Olten SO was in the headlines. She encouraged her patient to use drugs during the sessions. However, the woman was not allowed to tell anyone because, according to Ute F., the method was “not entirely legal”.

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In 2017, a dropout unpacked on TV about the practices of the cherry blossom community. For 18 years she was pumped full of LSD and MDMA and had to participate in group sex. After two deaths in Berlin, she then made the jump.

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In contrast to the BAG, the Solothurn Health Department allows cherry blossoms. And the public prosecutor has not done anything either. As the “observer” writes, Alexandra Horsch and Thomas Ackermann, President of the Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the Canton of Solothurn (GPPSo), had filed charges against several cherry blossoms in the past. However, the evidence would not have been sufficient.

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However, the loss of financial benefits is likely to be a hard damper for the community. Because that means the main source of income is eliminated. (man)

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Health insurance no longer pays for cherry blossom therapy

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