Cost explosion: AOK chief: Eight billion hole in nursing care insurance in 2027
The costs of care are getting out of hand. The CEO of the AOK federal association makes two suggestions to avoid higher contributions.
AOK-Bundesverbandschefin Carola Reimann warns of an impending deficit of 8 billion euros in Germany's statutory nursing care insurance. The deficit is a significant portion of the insurance's total annual expenditure of 70 billion euros. Reimann doubts that the 3.2 billion euro loan provided by the federal government this year will be sufficient, and cautions that if the deficit is not addressed, further increases in contribution rates may be necessary.
She suggests that general taxation could be used to fund some of the insurance's costs, such as pension contributions for caregivers. The German government is working on a reform of the nursing care insurance, which currently only covers part of the costs, with care recipients required to make a co-payment.
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