SPD leader calls for “care cap” to limit nursing home costs and protect vulnerable citizens’ families from rising expenses

In view of the high co-payments for nursing home placements, Matthias Miersch, the leader of the SPD parliamentary group, advocates for the introduction of a nursing care cap. Miersch told newspapers of the Funke media group that a nursing care cap is needed to limit the nursing-related co-payment in nursing homes, thus effectively protecting those in need of care and their families from ever-increasing costs. He stated they aim to realize a relief of several hundred euros per month. Miersch also pointed out that it is problematic that the statutory long-term care insurance funds bear the main burden for the risks of the public. He stressed that there is no adequate balance between private and statutory funds, and that changing this is very important to him. The chairman of the SPD Bundestag parliamentary group noted that the question of whether assets should be included in the financing of care more heavily than before can also be discussed.