“The big hit has not happened. Unfortunately, the working group has failed to take new and truly solidarity-based paths. With the proposals presented, care continues to be a private and poverty risk for many.
It must therefore be clear: these proposals cannot simply become law, but require comprehensive participation by those affected.
Higher thresholds for the level of care classification would mean lower benefits for those in need of care and carers.
A new, private supplementary insurance would be an anti-social and lack of solidarity. It puts a one-sided burden on employees and releases companies from equal responsibility and privatizes the care risk even further.
Sticking to the partial service system in care is completely the wrong approach. Those in need of care and relatives need significant and lasting relief. Nobody can finance an average of 3,400 euros for home accommodation alone.
Among other things, we miss the clear commitment to an effective care cover. Those affected in nursing homes cannot and must not continue to be left alone with costs of several thousand euros per month.
The working group’s fundamental error in thinking is that it does not want to make the care system more solidarity-based: With a citizen’s insurance that civil servants, politicians and higher earners also pay into, we could implement efficient and fair full insurance in care.”