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Nursing
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Union Demands Action on Nursing Reform
 The Union faction within the German parliament is intensifying pressure on the federal-state working group tasked with reforming…
October 14, 2025
Minister Signals Nursing Care Overhaul
 North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister for Health, Karl-Josef Laumann, has indicated openness to a reform of the German care grading…
September 30, 2025
SPD Blocks Nursing Level 1 Cuts
 Lawmakers have dismissed proposals to eliminate the initial level of care assistance, reaffirming a commitment to maintaining existing…
September 30, 2025
Minister Rejects Full Nursing Insurance Plan>
 Federal Health Minister Nina Warken (CDU) has dismissed calls for an expansion of the long-term care insurance system…
September 13, 2025
Nursing Costs Trap Families Warns Leader
 The debate surrounding escalating costs within German care facilities has intensified, with Gerda Hasselfeldt, President of the German…
August 3, 2025
Nursing Training Surge Boosts Workforce
 The second graduating class following the introduction of the generalist nursing education program completed their training in 2024,…
July 29, 2025
Germany Rethinks Nursing Care Funding
 Government officials are addressing the ongoing debate surrounding the escalating costs of care facilities, highlighting the existing structure…
July 23, 2025
Nursing Costs Soar Advocates Demand Caps
 The rising costs of nursing home care are prompting calls for intervention and a re-evaluation of funding responsibilities.…
July 22, 2025
AOK Opposes Nursing Care Cuts
 The head of the AOK Federal Association, Carola Reimann, has voiced strong opposition to potential benefit cuts within…
July 8, 2025
Germany Calls For Nursing System Overhaul
 The Federal Government’s Pflegebevollmächtigte (Commissioner for Long-Term Care), Katrin Staffler, has cautioned against simply increasing funding for the…
July 8, 2025
Nursing Funds Face Collapse
 The DAK health insurance company is raising serious concerns about the financial stability of Germany’s long-term care insurance…
July 8, 2025
Germany Aims for Nursing Care Insurance Stability
 The statutory health insurance system is cautioning against deferring the substantial financial challenges facing long-term care insurance to…
July 7, 2025
Employers Push for Nursing Care Overhaul
 German employers are proposing sweeping reforms to the long-term care insurance system. According to plans developed by the…
July 6, 2025
Nursing Insurance Faces 12 Billion Euro Shortfall
 A report by Germany’s Federal Audit Court (BRH) has flagged a significant funding shortfall within the Social Care…
July 6, 2025
Klingbeil: Sick & Nursing Insurance to Get Federal Cash Boost
 Bundesfinanzminister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) has announced “fundamental and bold” structural reforms of the social insurance systems. However, the…
May 18, 2025
Health Minister Calls for Massive Budget Boost to Save Nursing Care Insurance from Collapse
 Bundesgesundheitsministerin Nina Warken is calling for a billion-dollar sum from the federal budget to stabilize the nursing insurance,…
May 17, 2025
Healthcare Costs in Nursing Homes Surge Nearly Double in Decade, Outpacing Overall Spending Growth
 Over the past decade, healthcare expenses in nursing facilities have nearly doubled. According to the Federal Statistical Office,…
May 15, 2025
Warning: Nursing Insurance at Risk of Mass Bankruptcies – Urgent Action Needed
 Anne-Kathrin Klemm, chairwoman of the BKK-Dachverband, is urging the new government to stabilize the financial situation of many…
May 1, 2025
‘Forgotten’ Elderly in German Nursing Homes
 Five years after the first documented COVID-19 case in Germany, Eugen Brysch, chairman of the Patient Protection Foundation,…
January 27, 2025
 
  
 




















