Friday, February 13, 2026

The German Health Insurance Lawsuit?

 A couple  of bundled-togethered German health insurance lawsuits center on statutory funds (GKV) and the federal gov't is in the middle of a mess with  insufficient funding for Citizen’s Benefit recipients.

Yearly amount in play?  Ten billion Euro roughly.

So to explain this in a simple fashion....regular Germans have x-amount  taken out of their paychecks....to cover the 'benefit'.  

But if you are a Burgergeld person (welfare class)....then the gov't hands over 100 Euro per person....per month....to cover their bill. The 100 Euro number?  It was a selected number with no real significance.....going back two decades ago.

So the folks  with the lawsuit say....every time that healthcare needed more money....the working-class  got pushed into paying more.  It's not fair....is the end-result.

What happens if the court agrees?  Some math expert steps up and say the welfare-folks (with the gov't playing along)....has to pay more, while the working-class  healthcare will drop like a rock (I would imagine 25-percent).

But while this happens.....the political parties will probably come to agree....long-term asylum folks (the non-Germans) have to proceed to get a job (to pay their fair share), and that German long-term unemployed....probably have to get busy.....working.

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