It is a little more problematic than that: The Gematik GmbH is in part managed (owned?) by the German ministry of health [0] and some health organizations like

It is a little more problematic than that: The Gematik GmbH is in part managed (owned?) by the German ministry of health [0] and some health organizations like the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Agencies. That says something about the 'risks' the Gematik takes (Hint: none). Similar story: Earlier this year some health card readers, certified by the Gematik had a bug. They wouldn't read certain cards that supposedly were electrostatically charged. The solution was a grounding device connected to the USB port of the card reader. [1] This thingy cost the doctor's practices another 100 bucks even though this clearly is a design flaw by the manufacturer. They can do pretty much what they want at this point and the physicians and hospitals just have to cough up the dough. [0] https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematik https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematik [1] https://www.borncity.com/blog/2022/01/16/problem-mit-statischer-aufladung-bei-egk-2-1/ https://www.borncity.com/blog/2022/01/16/problem-mit-statisc...