Overview

• Saxony’s social minister Petra Köpping called for a €1,000 monthly ceiling on residents’ care-related co-payments and proposed covering facility investment costs via the Sachsenfonds.
• Köpping, who serves on the Bund–Länder commission, cited Saxony’s first-year average resident payment of about €2,800 a month against an average pension just over €1,400.
• Bavaria’s SPD urged the state to assume nursing-home investment charges, with the health ministry estimating a full takeover would cost roughly €545.5 million per year.
• Nationwide out-of-pocket costs have risen above €3,000 a month in the first year on average, and the Bundesrechnungshof warns of a financing gap exceeding €12 billion by 2029 without deep reforms.
• Federal health minister Nina Warken said she aims to halt the surge in personal payments, pressed Länder to curb investment cost pass-throughs and building burdens, and pointed to commission results expected at year’s end.