Demand for Billion-Dollar Intervention from Federal Government: Health Minister Warken Pushes for Subsidies and Long-Term Care Insurance Reforms
Federal Health Minister Requests One Billion Dollars in Funding from the Federal Government
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Health Minister Nina Warken Insists on Urgent Action to Avert Contribution Rate HikesChatting with the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND), Minister Warken emphasized the need for swift action to avoid escalating contribution rates in statutory health insurance. She proposed an emergency package to minimize rate increases as much as possible, hinting at negotiation with the entire government. Stressing the dire state of health insurance companies, she spoke about "keeping our heads above water" and tackling this collective issue head-on.
Job Seekers' Allowance Health Insurance Contributions RevisitedTo address the issue of insufficient contributions for job seekers' allowance recipients from job centers, resulting in an imbalance that warrants attention, Minister Warken addressed this matter's urgency. While the specific amount of extra billion euros required to cover job seekers' health costs isn't explicitly stated, she hinted at negotiations regarding the issue.
Long-Term Care Insurance Requires Immediate AttentionIn addition to health insurance concerns, Warken emphasized that long-term care insurance was in dire straits, requiring urgent attention and stabilization. The federal government owes over five billion euros to long-term care insurance due to pandemic-related expenses, like tests and the care protection shield, which saved numerous facilities from closure. Warken called for immediate compensation for these expenses, highlighting the necessity of short-term measures to shore up long-term care financing until permanent solutions can be implemented.
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Facts to Know:
- Job seekers receiving unemployment benefit I are covered by public health insurance, with the Federal Employment Agency paying the full contributions.
- Unemployed individuals who choose private insurance may receive subsidies equivalent to the amount paid for public insurance from the Federal Employment Agency.
- Long-term care insurance requires compensation for expenses incurred during the pandemic, like tests and the care protection shield.
- Minister Nina Warken's push for action, addressing the dire state of statutory health insurance companies, also extends to long-term care insurance, where immediate attention and stabilization are needed to cover the over five billion euros owed due to pandemic-related expenses.
- The urgent matter of insufficient contributions for job seekers' allowance recipients from job centers has been acknowledged by Health Minister Nina Warken, with negotiations potentially underway to cover the extra billion euros required for job seekers' health costs.
- In her discussions with Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND), Minister Warken emphasized the crucial need for science to play a role in health-and-wellness and finance policies, as she navigates the demands for billion-dollar subsidies and long-term care insurance reforms, facing challenges in both general-news and politics arenas.
