Relatives of the patient should be doubly relieved

it Goes to the Federal Ministry of social Affairs, should Adult be with the patient's parents relieved. The income fee will in future be considered without a spouse. In addition, the paper war is to be eliminated.

Thomas Kreutzmann, ARD-capital Studio

The Federal Ministry of social Affairs wants to relieve, in accordance with the coalition agreement, debtor. In the future, only those persons are to be used for the maintenance obligation if the patient is parents who earn more than 100,000 euros gross per year. The threshold applies per dependent, per-son or daughter of the Person in need of care.

This is subject to an improvement for the Payment. Currently, the income limits are for single at 21,600 euros net per year and families with 38.800 Euro net.

But also to people with an income of over € 100,000, no excessive loads are to come. Because the income of the spouse is not taken into account. In addition, you will be able to continue to make high-free sum, so that at the end of your load as a rule, only a few hundred euros a month is likely to be.

The new rules are not relieved but only, but also simplifies the procedure. All who earn less than 100,000 Euro gross in the year, then remain automatically, detailed, urgent Demands of the social services of your district or your city spared.

Previously, you had to explain minutely to prove your expenses for rent, retirement, loans, child support, etc. in addition to Income, in order to check whether you are liable for payment. This makes for a lot of uncertainty, of bad blood and litigation. It has not, in fact, that the legal nursing care insurance is only a part of comprehensive protection. People in need of care or their children must find the missing amounts.