Allegedly impending bankruptcy: Are the contributions for long-term care insurance increasing? – Politics

At the beginning of July, Karl Lauterbach (SPD) sounded as if the whole thing could be averted. “Without reforms, long-term care insurance would become more expensive, the contribution rate would rise because we also have more people in need of care,” said Lauterbach in a statement at the time – and announced reforms. But there is now increasing evidence that these reforms are not enough to pay the rising costs for the approximately 5.2 million people in need of care who are supported by statutory nursing care insurance.