Municipalities: Cities for long-term care insurance - more social assistance costs
The Federal Government wants to tackle a reform of long-term care insurance in the autumn. The German Association of Towns and Municipalities has clear ideas about this. This is because the social assistance expenditures for those in need of care are also continuing to rise.
The German Association of Cities and Towns is calling for a reform of the country's long-term care insurance to become a full insurance that covers all care costs. The association's president, Burkhard Jung, said this would prevent people who have worked hard their whole lives from falling back on social assistance due to care costs.
The costs of social assistance for care recipients rose to 6 billion euros last year, a 13.3% increase from the previous year, according to the Federal Statistical Office. The association is also pushing for a cap on the costs that care home residents have to pay, with one proposal being a sliding scale based on income.
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