BDA Managing Director Steffen Kampeter explains the planned care reform:

Berlin, June 1, 2021: "Unfortunately, the long-term care reform is a breach of promise by the German government and a poorly targeted actionism in the political final sale of the ending legislative period. According to the motto "After me, the deluge", new costs are being produced for long-term care insurance, which can no longer be paid for next year with the counter-financing that has now been decided and will therefore inevitably lead to increases in contribution rates. This will not solve the structural challenges facing long-term care insurance and will turn future generations and contributors alike into pawns for party political profiling.

This is the opposite of a sustainable policy. All those who want the social security contribution guarantee cannot agree to this draft. Capping social security contributions at 40 percent remains indispensable.

What's more, attempts are once again being made to interfere with the autonomy of collective bargaining. Despite an above-average increase in wages in the care sector, the federal government is playing collective bargaining partners from the sidelines. With this de facto nationalization of the care sector, private companies are practically being forced out of the care market. This is not only a violation of the freedom of association, but also of the freedom to practice the profession. State management in the care sector is not in the interests of either the people receiving care or the care staff."