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Reform options for the funding system in Germany's LTCI
Rothgang, H.; Arnold, R.; Sauer, S.; Wendlandt, K.; Wolter, A. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2012 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Germany's Social Long-Term Care Insurance (S-LTCI) suffers from what has been called a “structural revenue weakness” due to the fact that more than 10 percent of the population are not included in the system and only income from gainful employment and pensions are contributory, while contributions are not levied on capital income and income from rent and lease. This paper will examine two of the remedies that are proposed against this weakness: (i) the transformation of S-LTCI into a citizens' insurance and (ii) the introduction of (temporary) funding as an additional element. After discussing the conceptual imp…
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