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Germany Braces for Painful Care Insurance Cuts

In Germany, Health Minister Warken is preparing billions in savings to the country’s long-term care insurance system — and the burden will fall squarely on patients and their families. Der Spiegel reports that the reforms will mean higher contributions for some payers and reduced benefits for those in need of care, in a politically fraught move that tests the limits of the country’s storied social safety net.

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