Overview

• SPD health expert Christos Pantazis has proposed lifting the monthly contribution assessment ceiling by about €2 500 to align it with the pension insurance limit.
• The Union parliamentary group rejected the increase, with Albert Stegemann arguing it would overburden high earners and damage Germany’s economic competitiveness.
• The Greens and the Social Association SoVD backed the SPD’s proposal, urging a gradual adjustment of the health insurance cap to the pension threshold.
• The Left Party pressed for a more extensive reform, calling for contributions on monthly incomes up to €15 000 and inclusion of rental and investment income.
• Statutory health insurers project a €47 billion financing gap for 2025 and are demanding that the federal government fully assume the cost of non-contributory benefits.