If the subsidy stops, experts fear that patients will be left to fend for themselves because family doctors don’t know how to treat the severely ill patients and paramedical care is no longer covered by the basic health insurance. “These patients need somewhere where they will be taken seriously and where a dedicated team can help them. Added to benefits paid to over 15,000 long-Covid patients, the bill comes to several million euros, insurance experts estimate. Patient organisations have also slated the lack of a long-term policy for patients, warning that the termination of subsidies for long-Covid research will result in the loss of knowledge. MPs are due to debate the government’s strategy to deal with long-Covid on Thursday evening.