Reform debate: SPD General Secretary: No cuts in nursing care benefits
The nursing care insurance is in financial trouble, CDU Health Minister Linnemann wants to push through a reform next week. But just before, the coalition partner speaks up.
The SPD will not accept cuts to benefits in the nursing care insurance reform, according to party secretary general Tim Klüssendorf. The party wants to relieve care recipients of financial burdens and proposes capping the share of costs that individuals have to pay for nursing home care. Saarland's SPD premier Anke Rehlinger suggested capping this share at 1,500 euros. The government is working on a reform to cover an expected billion-euro deficit in the nursing care insurance by 2027.
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