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		<title>VdK Warns Against Lowering Pension Safety Net Foundation</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/vdk-warns-against-lowering-pension-safety-net-foundation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dawn Amber]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 23:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lowering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NET]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Amid discussions concerning pension and healthcare reforms, the VdK Deutschland (Social Association) has issued sharp criticism regarding proposed&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/vdk-warns-against-lowering-pension-safety-net-foundation/">VdK Warns Against Lowering Pension Safety Net Foundation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>VdK Slams Government&#8217;s Energy Relief Plan as Insufficient for Low Earners</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/vdk-slams-governments-energy-relief-plan-as-insufficient-for-low-earners/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dawn Amber]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insufficient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slams]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The VdK social association has issued sharp criticism regarding the government&#8217;s decisions aimed at alleviating high energy prices.&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/vdk-slams-governments-energy-relief-plan-as-insufficient-for-low-earners/">VdK Slams Government&#8217;s Energy Relief Plan as Insufficient for Low Earners</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>VdK Calls for End of Spousal Tax Splitting Citing Outdated System</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/vdk-calls-for-end-of-spousal-tax-splitting-citing-outdated-system/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Chase]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Mixed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outdated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Splitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spousal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=75407</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Verena Bentele, the president of the VdK social association, considers the potential abolition of the spousal tax split&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/vdk-calls-for-end-of-spousal-tax-splitting-citing-outdated-system/">VdK Calls for End of Spousal Tax Splitting Citing Outdated System</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>VdK Urges Stop to Benefit Reductions for German Insurance Patients</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/vdk-urges-stop-to-benefit-reductions-for-german-insurance-patients/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Bowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benefit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[German]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reductions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stop]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Verena Bentele, president of the Social Association VdK, warned against cuts to services for statutory health‑insured members. She told&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/vdk-urges-stop-to-benefit-reductions-for-german-insurance-patients/">VdK Urges Stop to Benefit Reductions for German Insurance Patients</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>VdK Supports SPD Plan to Use Rent and Capital Income for Health Insurance Demands Exemption Thresholds</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/vdk-supports-spd-plan-to-use-rent-and-capital-income-for-health-insurance-demands-exemption-thresholds/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dawn Amber]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy / Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Income]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thresholds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Use]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=67753</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>The VdK Social Union backs the SPD&#8217;s recent call to include rental and capital‑income systematically in the financing&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/vdk-supports-spd-plan-to-use-rent-and-capital-income-for-health-insurance-demands-exemption-thresholds/">VdK Supports SPD Plan to Use Rent and Capital Income for Health Insurance Demands Exemption Thresholds</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>VdK Welcomes Social State Reform Plans, Highlights Need for Digitalisation and On‑Site Access</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/vdk-welcomes-social-state-reform-plans-highlights-need-for-digitalisation-and-on-site-access/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trevor Yard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digitalisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Highlights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Need]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On‑Site]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VdK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welcomes]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=66097</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>The German social association VdK welcomes the commission&#8217;s proposals for a social‑state reform, calling the draft &#8220;important and&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/vdk-welcomes-social-state-reform-plans-highlights-need-for-digitalisation-and-on-site-access/">VdK Welcomes Social State Reform Plans, Highlights Need for Digitalisation and On‑Site Access</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>VdK Demands Price Relief for the Affordability of Fresh Fruit</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2025/vdk-demands-price-relief-for-the-affordability-of-fresh-fruit/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chloe Price]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 22:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Affordability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fresh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FRUIT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relief]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As regional food prices, including those for strawberries and other local produce, continue to rise, the President of&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2025/vdk-demands-price-relief-for-the-affordability-of-fresh-fruit/">VdK Demands Price Relief for the Affordability of Fresh Fruit</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>VdK President Sounds Alarm as Germany&#8217;s Affordable Housing Dwindles to a Critical Low</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2025/vdk-president-sounds-alarm-as-germanys-affordable-housing-dwindles-to-a-critical-low/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trevor Yard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Affordable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alarm]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=20391</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>In a recent interview with the &#8220;Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland&#8221;, the President of the Social Union VdK, Verena Bentele, emphasized&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2025/vdk-president-sounds-alarm-as-germanys-affordable-housing-dwindles-to-a-critical-low/">VdK President Sounds Alarm as Germany&#8217;s Affordable Housing Dwindles to a Critical Low</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>VdK droht juristischen Angriff</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2025/vdk-droht-juristischen-angriff/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Chase]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=17473</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>A German Social Association, the VdK, is planning to take legal action against the government&#8217;s financing of a&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2025/vdk-droht-juristischen-angriff/">VdK droht juristischen Angriff</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>VdK Vows to SUE and DERAIL Minister&#8217;s Plan!</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2025/vdk-vows-to-sue-and-derail-ministers-plan/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chloe Price]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[DERAIL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minister's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vows]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=17461</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Social Association VdK is planning to take a legal action against the financing of the hospital reform&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2025/vdk-vows-to-sue-and-derail-ministers-plan/">VdK Vows to SUE and DERAIL Minister&#8217;s Plan!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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