Reform: „Ein reines Kürzungspaket“: SPD droht mit Stopp der geplanten Pflegereform
Um die Pflegereform zeichnet sich der nächste Streit ab: SPD-Fraktionschef Miersch fordert schon jetzt „strukturelle Reformen“. Und auch in der CDU wächst die Kritik.
In Berlin, SPD faction leader Matthias Miersch has threatened to halt the planned nursing reform proposed by Federal Health Minister Carsten Linnemann of the CDU. Miersch, speaking to the Bild newspaper, dismissed the current proposal as "purely a cutback package" and said his faction would not support it. Miersch opposes Linnemann's plan to save costs in nursing insurance first, followed by a second reform next year with system changes.
He is already calling for "structural reforms that combine savings and additional revenue". Sources within the SPD faction suggested that Linnemann's reform plans might not reach the federal cabinet this Wednesday, unlike previous plans. The Federal Health Ministry declined to comment when asked about the plans. The Union is also viewing Linnemann's reform project with increasing criticism.
Even within the CDU, ministers' presidents are less willing to impose further burdens on citizens. Nursing insurance companies, however, warn against blocking the planned nursing reform, stating it would be "fatal" to do so. They insist the reform must be brought to the German Bundestag now. Likewise, the enforcer of the federal government's care policy, Katrin Staffler (CSU), echoed the sentiment.
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