Tag: Finance
Supplemental health insurance contributions rise again, prompting calls for systemic reform
(de-news.net) – The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV) has reported that supplemental contribution rates within Germany’s statutory health insurance system increased again…
Schweitzer (SPD) questions legality of full sanctions in new basic income reform
(de-news.net) – Alexander Schweitzer, deputy chairman of the SPD, has raised concerns about the legality of the federal government’s planned implementation of full sanctions under…
A range of financial revisions take effect starting this January
(de-news.net) – Germany’s transition into 2026 brings a wide package of fiscal, labor, and social-policy revisions that affect household budgets, employer costs, and energy-related charges:
Broad backlash mounts against KBV plan for per-visit patient fees
(de-news.net) – Broad resistance has mounted to the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians’ (KBV) proposal to introduce a per-visit fee. The proposal has…
Urgent pressure to reform long-term care amid rising costs and an aging population
(de-news.net) – Simone Borchardt, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group’s spokesperson on health policy, has emphasized the need to set aside ideological considerations in debates over reforms…
Physicians call for contact charge amid rising insurance deficits
(de-news.net) – The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) has advanced a proposal for the introduction of a per-visit patient fee and has…
Retirement-age debate deepens as calls for pension reform intensify
(de-news.net) – The CDU’s Economic Council has aligned itself firmly with calls for a later statutory retirement age, asserting that a systematic upward adjustment beyond…
Schneider wants to keep strict climate conditions for overhaul of heating law
(de-news.net) – Environment Minister Carsten Schneider (SPD) has argued that the fundamental provisions of the so-called “heating law” must remain intact. He indicated that any…
Chair of Health Committee rejects Frei’s suggestion for cuts in healthcare
(de-news.net) – Chancellery Minister Thorsten Frei’s recent call for cutbacks in the healthcare system was firmly rejected by Tanja Machalet (SPD), the chair of the…
Steinbrück calls for bold pension and welfare-state reforms
(de-news.net) – The SPD has come under intensified pressure from Peer Steinbrück to adopt a far more assertive posture on pension reform. The former Finance…
