Commentary: Carsten Linnemann's political calculation in nursing care
The health minister wants to remove austerity measures from the planned nursing care reform without saying where the money for it will come from. This is politically clever - but also a risk.
German Health Minister Carsten Linnemann has announced that a billion-euro savings measure will be dropped from the draft nursing care reform. The measure in question concerned the pension contributions of nursing relatives, which are currently fully covered by the nursing insurance under certain conditions. The reform is set to be presented to the cabinet by the end of September. Linnemann's predecessor, Nina Warken, had proposed reducing the coverage to 70 percent to save billions.
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