Koalitionen planerar högre vårdavgift för barnlösa

Den svart-röda koalitionen överväger att höja tillägget för barnlösa i den lagstadgade omvårdnadsförsäkringen med 0,1 procentenheter till 0,7 procent. Hälsominister Nina Warken (CDU) driver förslaget.

Åtgärden syftar till att stabilisera finanserna för den lagstadgade omvårdnadsförsäkringen. Medlemmar utan barn betalar redan en högre avgift än föräldrar.

Den tyska fackföreningsfederationen kritiserade förslaget som diskriminerande och straffande. En rättsprocess i den federala författningsdomstolen anses möjlig.

Domstolen slog 2001 fast att föräldrar inte får belastas med samma avgift som barnlösa personer.

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