BERLIN. green Party leader Britta Haßelmann has once again highlighted the critical imbalance in social security and is pressing for rapid reforms to avert a crisis.

According to Haßelmann, the financial strain on health insurance and long-term care is reaching a breaking point. “The deficit in long -term care insurance will probably double to more than three billion euros in the next year. All alarm bells are also shrill by the health insurance companies. Two days – as far as the reserves of all health insurers would be enough,” Haßelmann stated in an interview with the Funke media group.

Haßelmann emphasized the human cost of the current situation: “The far too few nurses, the caring relatives at home, the insured, for whom significantly higher costs are incurred,” she explained. She urged the Federal Government to take immediate action by increasing financial support for social insurance programs.

Criticism of Government Inaction

Haßelmann criticised the government’s approach to addressing these critical issues. “Above all,however,the systems need urgent reforms. Reforms to wich the black and red coalition apparently is not willing or able,” she said, expressing her frustration that the CDU, CSU and SPD have deferred these “pressing questions” to commissions.

“The deficit in long -term care insurance will probably double to more than three billion euros in the next year.”

She also voiced concerns about the timeline for proposed solutions. “there should onyl be suggestions for the health system in 2027. Until then, the health insurance companies are still hanging on the drip of Finance Minister Klingbeil,” Haßelmann added, suggesting that the current measures are insufficient to address the immediate challenges.