bpa protests over PNOG care reform put 50,000 jobs in focus
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BERLIN – November 13, 2026 -- The private care providers' association bpa says more than 50,000 jobs at outpatient care services are at risk before Christmas if the government's PNOG care reform excludes those services from two new funding schemes. The figure is the association's own estimate, attributed to bpa President Bernd Meurer, and the group gave no calculation behind it.
The Pflegeneuordnungsgesetz (PNOG) would leave outpatient services out of the planned Sozialraumbudget (community-based care budget) and the Pflegebegleitung (care companion scheme). Meurer says the exclusion brings no savings. Outpatient providers, their employees and the families they serve would be the groups affected.