The scent mark: Doctors' Hammer instead of Heating Hammer

It's truly nothing unusual these days to wake up drenched in sweat, and not just because of the heat. Dream, nightmare, reality—everything blends together: In a recent dream, I first saw Chris Hemsworth, aka Thor, wielding a hammer as a blameless superhero. All the villains fled, and the world seemed to be in order.

Then came the scrawny Robert Habeck, who wanted to take down the _CO2 mafia with his hammer, the Heating Act. At first, he delivered powerful blows; gas and oil heating systems started to sweat, and heat pumps smiled coldly. But he was prematurely delighted: Suddenly, Robert is left without a hammer, and now the game starts all over again. The dream – but a nightmare? Now it's not just the climate that's in trouble.

I toss and turn restlessly, the images in my head reshaping: Nina Warken, the new minister, has courageously stepped up to create a mandatory primary care system—a real bombshell for the healthcare system. Is Warken, like Thor, an Avenger breaking the power of the medical appointment mafia? Will she, as the new "Black Widow" of heroic legend, save family doctors?

The alarm clock rings, but the dream continues, or is it already reality? On the morning news, I hear that the Association of General Practitioners is warning of a "new heating law" if patients would have to pay a local doctor without a referral. No co-payment for non-compliance with the primary care system, they demand.

Will the storm of outrage over the "doctors' hammer" also sweep away our new superheroine? On the other hand: What would a primary care system be like if it were whimsical? That would almost be like Thor without a hammer!