SPD Faction Chief Matthias Miersch calls for care price cap to limit high out-of-pocket costs in nursing homes
In light of the high co-payments required for nursing home places, SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch is advocating for the introduction of a nursing care cap.
"We need a nursing care cap that at least limits the care-related self-contribution in nursing homes and thus effectively protects care-dependent individuals and their families from ever-increasing costs," Miersch told the newspapers of the Funke media group. "We want to realize a relief of several hundred euros per month."
It is also problematic that the statutory long-term care insurance funds bear the main burden for the risks of the general public. "There is no adequate balance between private and statutory funds. It is very important to me that we change this," Miersch emphasized. According to the Chairman of the SPD parliamentary faction, the question of whether assets should be involved more heavily than before in the financing of care is also open for discussion.
