Overview

• Health Minister Nina Warken said she supports tighter system management and efficiency gains, adding that benefit reductions could be considered.
• Leaders of the Ersatzkassen association rejected limiting entitlements or reviving a practice fee and urged structural reforms focused on hospital quality, emergency care, staffing efficiency, and interprofessional cooperation.
• vdek endorsed health funds’ lawsuit seeking full federal reimbursement for costs tied to non-insurance tasks, including coverage for Bürgergeld recipients.
• SPD deputy parliamentary leader Dagmar Schmidt cautioned Warken against choosing cuts, privatization, or shifting costs onto the insured.
• Separately, a Die Linke motion for long-term GKV/SPV financing reform—including higher contribution ceilings and integrating private insurance—remains under lead review in the Bundestag Health Committee.