A leading candidate for the Chancellor position, Friedrich Merz, has rejected demands for a comprehensive long-term care insurance. “Long-term care insurance is a partial insurance and it is likely to remain so because a comprehensive insurance would be too expensive” he told the Funke Media Group’s weekend editions.
It is possible that the financing gap could be bridged through a private long-term care insurance. Eighty-five percent of people in need of care are currently being cared for at home and therefore, it is also necessary to improve the situation of caregivers.
Looking at the workforce in the healthcare sector, Merz stated that there are millions of people in Germany who work extremely hard. “I see this, for example, in hospitals or in old-age and care homes” he said, adding, “I often visit these places because my parents live in a care home.