Pension: Linnemann wants to secure pension claims for caregivers
Long-term care insurance is in financial straits - that is why a reform is planned that is also supposed to include cutbacks. But one point could still be revised.
German Health Minister Carsten Linnemann plans to reverse proposed cuts to pension claims for caregivers, citing concerns that it would make society "colder". The original plan, proposed by his predecessor Nina Warken, aimed to address a expected billion-euro deficit in the nursing insurance fund by reducing pension contributions for caregivers.
Currently, caregivers receive up to 740 euros per month in pension contributions, but the plan would reduce this to 70% of the corresponding amount for future pension claims. Linnemann's move has garnered support from the SPD, CSU, and his own party, but will require finding alternative funding sources within the coalition.
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