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Baden-Württemberg: Merz Calls Doctors "Beneficiaries": BW Doctor's Office Speaks of "Affront" of the Chancellor

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Federal Chancellor Merz (CDU) has named doctors and doctors in a TV show "beneficiaries" of the health system. He gets a lot of criticism for this from Baden-Württemberg.

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The Chancellor's statement in a TV round disgusts many: medical practitioners are "beneficiaries" of the health care system, said Friedrich Merz – and settled down with a pediatrician. Here, expert colleague Michael Dördelmann gives Kontra.

·Hamburg, Germany
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An exchange of hits at RTL goes viral on the net! Chancellor Merz for pediatrician Merscher Alves. Now come out what happened afterwards.

·Essen, Germany
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Federal Chancellor Merz (CDU) has named doctors and doctors in a TV show "beneficiaries" of the health system. He gets a lot of criticism for this from Baden-Württemberg.

·Hamburg, Germany
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Friedrich Merz calls a pediatrician "beneficiary of the health system and thus triggers fierce criticism. The sentence shows why the chancellor so often fails at the wrong tone: Instead of listening and responding to objections, he switches to the counterattack.

·Osnabrück, Germany
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"Professor Friedrich Merz (CDU) called a pediatrician on Friday in front of an ongoing camera. Reactions followed: An Instagram-reel of the Flensburg children's clinic chief physician Michael Dördelmann, in which he addressed the chancellor an invitation to Flensburg, went viral.

·Flensburg, Germany
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Chancellor Merz is facing massive criticism for his statement that doctors are "beneficiaries" of the health system – including from Andrea Behr, a CSU member of parliament and dentist from Würzburg.

·Augsburg, Germany
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swr.online broke the news on Wednesday, September 2, 2026.
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