Nursing costs
CSU in Bavaria against higher contributions for long -term care insurance
When it comes to care, the development of financial needs knows only one direction: it grows. In the debate about higher contributions, there is now a clear announcement from the CSU that will be regulated in Berlin.
Despite the obvious financial problems of long -term care insurance, Bavaria’s Minister of Health Judith Gerlach should not be burdened with higher contributions. “The new federal government urgently has to act in order to avoid further premium increases this year,” said the CSU politician in Munich. It is already clear that the goal of a contribution rate stabilization “but cannot be achieved without a significant participation of the federal government by corresponding tax grants”.
DAK calculation predicts 1.65 billion-euro deficit
According to the German press agency, the DAK calculations are heading for a deficit of 1.65 billion euros this year. In 2026, the billion dollar hole will probably increase to 3.5 billion euros. Without new funds at the latest at the latest at the latest 2026, an increase in premium by at least 0.3 contributions would be inevitable, said DAK CEO Andreas Storm. For a health insurance member, for example with a child, 3.6 percent of the gross income is now due.
Last year, long -term care insurance was sunk in the minus with 1.54 billion euros. To stabilize financial stabilization, the care contributions were increased by 0.2 percentage points at the beginning of the year. Here, among other things, the co -regulating CSU would have to agree, which is not foreseeable.
Storm also called for steps to avoid increases in contributions. In his demands for structural reforms, the cash chief of the cash register sees a population majority determined in a survey: According to a new DAK nursing port, almost 80 percent of German citizens see a fundamental need for reform in geriatric care.
Gerlach: tax funds for non -insurance benefits
Gerlach proposed to finally finance “non -insurance benefits” with tax funds. “Bavaria has been demanding for a long time, just like the reimbursement of corona -related expenses that are still burdening long -term care insurance. The costs of the training also have to be financed from federal funds. It may not be that the contributors are still burdened with the financing of non -insurance expenses.”
The health and long-term health insurance association had already requested that the federal government take over the pension insurance contributions for caring relatives and reimburse the long-term care funds from the Corona crisis. Accordingly, Storm was now also expressed.
7.6 billion people in need of care in Germany?
The new nursing report uses further study results to show what is important to care insurance: of around 5.6 million people who receive benefits from state long -term care insurance today, the number of well -groomed people in the next two decades should increase over a fifth. 2055 – such official forecasts – should be between 6.8 million and 7.6 million.
Economically Grimm calls for cuts in performance
The economy Veronika Grimm pleads in view of the financial problems for performance cuts and a higher deductible of the nursing patients. The contributions to long -term care insurance rose too much. “It will not be possible,” she said in a “picture” interview. This means that the design must probably be adjusted: “So fewer services that then have to be paid with realistic contributions”.
dpa
Source: Stern
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