Radikaler Umbau im Gesundheitssystem: Carsten Linnemann fordert, die Zahl der Krankenkassen von 93 auf zehn bis 20 zu reduzieren. Der CDU-Generalsekretär will damit Verwaltungskosten senken.
Linnemann wants to abolish up to 83 health insurance companies - the list shows which insurance companies could survive
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Starting school in Germany when you don't speak German - dw.com
Thu 07:00 - Cincinnati Enquirer
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Sun 07:00 - World Socialist Web Site
New German government prepares massive social cuts - World Socialist Web Site
Fri 07:00 - Linnemann Funeral Home
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Sun 08:00 - Legacy obituary
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Peter "Pete" Lucarelli Obituary (2026) - Louisville, KY - Linnemann Funeral Home - Erlanger - Legacy obituary
Tue 07:03 - Die Welt
“Huge administrative volume” – Linnemann wants to drastically reduce the number of health insurance companies
Tue 08:05 - n-tv Politik
At least 200,000 members?: Linnemann: “I think ten health insurance companies in Germany are enough”
Tue 12:24 - n-tv Politik
Higher co-payments in pharmacies?: Health Minister wants to restrict non-contributory co-insurance
Tue 13:44 - Handelsblatt Politik
Health: Free co-insurance should be eliminated - Warken presents savings plans for health insurance companies
Tue 16:06 - n-tv Politik
40 billion euros by 2030: healthcare reform? More of a tough austerity program
Tue 16:08 - Die Welt
“This will trigger a lot of discussions” – Holetschek on health insurance reform
Wed 14:38 - Handelsblatt Politik
Health insurance companies: Only 2.2 billion instead of 4.4 billion: Warken's model halves the savings effect on family insurance
Thu 15:25 - Handelsblatt Politik
Savings package: health insurance contributions are apparently to increase for higher earners
Thu 15:25 - Handelsblatt Politik
Savings package: higher burden for high earners: health insurance contributions should increase
Thu 18:25 - n-tv Politik
Sick pay should decrease: Warken is planning higher health insurance contributions for high earners
Thu 20:04 - Tagesschau
High earners should pay more for health insurance
Thu 22:06 - n-tv Politik
Savings package with built-in buffer: Warken promises stable health insurance contributions until 2030
Fri 04:00 - Die Zeit Newsfeed
Health insurance reform: Health insurance reform: Big plans, little support
Fri 04:31 - Die Welt
“Unsustainable” and “political misleading” – criticism of Warken’s reform plans
Fri 06:39 - Handelsblatt Politik
Health insurance companies: 2.2 instead of 4.4 billion: Warken's model halves the savings effect on family insurance
Fri 06:46 - Tagesschau
“Women's policy in action” - Health Minister Warken defends austerity plans
Fri 11:18 - n-tv Politik
“Socially unbalanced”: health insurance companies warn of the high burden on patients caused by the reform
Fri 12:50 - n-tv Politik
High earners, companies, clinics: who the health insurance reform would affect and how
Fri 13:03 - Tagesschau
How sick pay and sick leave should be reformed
Fri 13:19 - Die Welt
The big distribution battle – Now it will be decided who has to pay for the health insurance crisis
Fri 15:39 - Handelsblatt Politik
Health insurance companies: Warken's savings plans are causing disputes within the coalition
Fri 16:39 - Die Welt
What measures do you think make sense to stabilize health insurance contributions?
Sun 11:27 - Tagesschau
Warken's plans: GKV criticizes "pressure" from interest groups
Sun 17:04 - SRF News
Funded by health insurance companies - an app against depression is coming - and from July it will be reimbursed
Mon 06:32 - Die Welt
“Of all people, the 93 statutory health insurance companies get off lightly”
Wed 04:59 - Die Zeit Newsfeed
Health care reforms: According to researchers, pooling health insurance saves little money
Wed 07:52 - Die Welt
“I want to tell you openly: privately insured people will benefit from the reform.”
Wed 12:54 - Die Welt
Health insurance association defends itself against strict requirements for board salaries
Thu 02:24 - Die Welt
The head of the GKV believes that falling health insurance contributions are possible under reform plans
Thu 05:05 - n-tv Politik
According to Warken law: Association: Contributions for statutory health insurance companies could decrease
Fri 02:40 - Die Welt
General practitioners accuse Warken of a “destroying program” for practices
Fri 04:35 - Tagesschau
General practitioners call Warken's savings plans a "destructive program"
Fri 15:22 - Die Welt
“It won’t help any of us if the welfare state continues as before”
Sat 10:07 - Süddeutsche Zeitung Politik
Federal politics: Fahimi attacks Warken's austerity package
Sat 10:42 - Die Welt
“Hard blow” – DGB boss criticizes Warken for health plans
Sat 22:23 - Die Welt
Warken does not rule out falling health insurance contributions
Sun 09:20 - n-tv Politik
Warken pushes the ball to Klingbeil: Suddenly a sugar tax seems possible
Sun 14:17 - Die Welt
“This will help you train all the major muscle groups” – Lauterbach gives sports tips in “Spiegel”
Mon 09:06 - Handelsblatt Politik
Health care reform: SPD state groups want to maintain family insurance
Mon 09:19 - n-tv Politik
Up to four billion a year: SPD politicians are also calling for higher federal subsidies for citizens' benefit recipients
Mon 13:23 - Süddeutsche Zeitung Top
Health Insurance: The biggest problem in healthcare is inefficiency
Tue 02:27 - Die Welt
“Absurd approach” – head of statutory health insurance physicians rejects planned partial sick leave
Tue 04:47 - Die Welt
“We think this is an absurd approach,” says the head of the statutory health insurance company
Tue 04:57 - Die Zeit Newsfeed
Health care reform: head of statutory health insurance physicians criticizes planned partial sick leave
Tue 10:33 - n-tv Politik
Citizens' benefit and statutory health insurance: Everyone thinks it's unfair, but it could still stay that way
Wed 02:04 - n-tv Politik
Warken defends austerity package: This is intended to stabilize health insurance contributions
Wed 02:26 - Die Welt
Warken defends planned austerity package – Greens criticize “contribution escalation with announcement”
Wed 04:44 - Die Welt
Warken defends the planned austerity package for health care reform
Wed 06:59 - Tagesschau
Commentary on health care reform: Fair looks different