The establishment of the planned commission for nursing care reforms comes later than originally planned.
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The coalition had agreed on the distribution of the nursing care insurance reform in order to prevent premium increases in the short term.
A planned commission that is supposed to develop proposals for further nursing care reforms in Germany will have to start its work later than planned. The Federal Cabinet has postponed the establishment of the commission.
Instead of this Wednesday as originally planned, the committee will not be set up until next week, said Dirk Wiese, the parliamentary managing director of the SPD parliamentary group. There are still discussions about the composition of the committee.
The black-red coalition agreed last week to divide up the nursing care insurance reform. In a first step, measures were decided to initially prevent an increase in nursing care insurance contributions. The new commission, however, should deal with structural reforms. According to Federal Health Minister Carsten Linnemann (CDU), she should present her proposals by the end of January.
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