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Söder and industry back reform plan while urging long-term economic engagement

(de-news.net) – Germany’s governing coalition defended its reform package as a gradual but sustained effort to strengthen the economy, while business leaders welcomed its direction…

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Competing visions: long-term care insurance overhaul sparks criticism

(de-news.net) – Germany’s proposed long-term care reform, presented by Federal Health Minister Nina Warken (CDU), has triggered broad criticism from state governments, coalition partners, professional…

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Germany debates long-term care reform amid deepening financing crisis

(de-news.net) – Germany’s long-term care insurance system is facing severe financial strain, prompting consideration of higher contribution surcharges for childless adults as part of a…

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Long-term care reform plans shift costs to residents and tighten eligibility

(de-news.net) – Germany’s planned long-term care reform seeks to reduce system deficits by delaying subsidy increases, tightening eligibility criteria, and raising contributions, thereby shifting more…

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Warken unveils GKV cost-cutting reform targeting up to 40 billion euros in long-term savings

(de-news.net) – Federal Health Minister Nina Warken (CDU) has presented a savings-oriented reform package for statutory health insurance centered on linking expenditure growth to revenue…

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NRW Health Minister calls for systemic overhaul of long-term care

(de-news.net) – Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU), the health minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, has reiterated his call for a comprehensive overhaul of Germany’s long-term care system, arguing…

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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…

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Commission on long‑term stability of national pension system established

(de-news.net) – A commission has been convened by the federal cabinet with the explicit mandate to examine prospective reforms to the national pension system. The…

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