Reform: "A pure cutback package": SPD threatens to stop the planned nursing care reform
The next dispute is emerging over the nursing reform: SPD parliamentary group leader Miersch is already calling for "structural reforms". And criticism is also growing within the CDU.
SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch is threatening to block Federal Health Minister Carsten Linnemann's plans for a nursing care reform, calling the proposal a "pure austerity package". Miersch is demanding "structural reforms that combine savings and additional revenue" now, rather than a two-stage approach with cuts first and system changes later.
Linnemann's plans may not be presented to the federal cabinet on Wednesday as previously planned, and are facing criticism from within the CDU and from nursing care associations. The associations are warning that delaying the reform would be "fatal".
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