The traffic light government must regulate the financing of long-term care insurance!
The Federal Constitutional Court has decided: Parents must be relieved of the contributions. The more children you have, the less you should pay into the nursing care fund.
“The same contribution burden on parents, regardless of the number of children they have, is not constitutionally justified,” the judges reasoned.
► The SPD, Greens and FDP now have until the end of July 2023 to implement the decision.
Currently, an employee with children (no matter how many or how old) pays around 1.5 percent of their gross salary to the long-term care insurance fund. Makes 45 euros/month with a wage of 3000 euros. This amount is likely to decrease from summer 2023 for employees with more than 2 children. Possible relief: up to 200 euros/year and more.
Possible consequence: childless employees pay extra. You already have to pay 1.7 percent of the gross amount to the long-term care insurance fund.
► SPD leader Saskia Esken (60) welcomed the decision. FDP parliamentary group Vice President Lukas Köhler (35) announced in BILD that the traffic light would “look at the entire financing of care. The system must also be affordable in the future as expenditure increases.”
Patient advocate Eugen Brysch calls for a reduction in parental contributions by more than 0.5 points and demands that the gap be filled with tax money. Union health expert Tino Sorge (47) warns of an adjustment before the summer break: “Then families would have clarity before the fall as to how high the future burden will be.”
FDP parliamentary group leader Christian Dürr (45) is also counting on more immigration into the labor market so that the relationship between contributors and beneficiaries “gets back on track”.
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