Germany News: Childfree Adults to Pay More for Elder Care
The draft would raise the childless surcharge by 0.7 percentage points as Germany seeks to narrow a projected more than €22 billion deficit.
- Federal Health Minister Nina Warken prepared a draft bill that would increase surcharges for childless adults in Germany's long-term care insurance system, raising their total contribution rate to 4.3 percent of gross income through a 0.7 percent surcharge.
- A projected deficit of more than €22 billion over two years prompted the reform, as Germany's aging population and declining workforce strain the pay-as-you-go system supporting retirees.
- Under the proposal, childless workers aged 23 and above would pay 4.3 percent total, while parents would continue paying 3.6 percent for one child, 3.35 percent for two children, and 3.1 percent for three or more children; the surcharge would be paid by employees alone.
- Warken, a member of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democrats, has not yet submitted the draft to the cabinet, with proposals still being finalized within the coalition government.
- Beyond the childless surcharge, Warken is reportedly considering nursing home subsidy cuts, stricter benefit eligibility, and increased premiums for high earners as part of a comprehensive reform package rooted in Federal Constitutional Court precedent.
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