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Twelve years after its introduction, long-term care was reformed for the first time in 2008. The Act provides, inter alia, a broadening of services. The care reform provides various changes. The membership rate for the long term care was raised on 1 July 2008 by 0.25% so the care rate rose from 1.7% to 1.95%.
Long-term care insurance was established by the German welfare state in 1996 to give elderly financial resources for a caregiver. This insurance either provides care services or cash benefits to pay for a private caregiver, such as a family member.
Germany has a universal system with two main types of health insurance. Germans are offered three mandatory health benefits, which are co-financed by employer and employee: health insurance, accident insurance, and long-term care insurance.
Health care reform measures in Germany are designated by the legislature for the organization of the health care system. The main aim of such reforms is to curb the increase of costs in statutory health insurance (for example, by stabilizing the contribution rate and, thus, non-wage labor costs by reducing benefits, increasing co-payments or by changing the remuneration of service providers). [1]
Although general condition of the child care system can be applied to most of the cases and regions in Germany, there are noticeably big regional differences, especially between west and east Germany. The regional variations in child care supply reflect the fact that regulations are being made at the local community level.
Long-term care for the elderly, the dying, the long-term mentally ill etc. is covered by social insurance funded by public spending. According to the WHO, the health care system in the Netherlands was 62% government-funded and 38% privately funded as of 2004. [40]
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Health care system of the elderly in Germany; ... Long-term care insurance in Germany; M. Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007; Malben;