the Federal Minister for pensions, Hubertus Heil, currently has two favorite words: “diligent” is the one that “life performance” of the other. Sometimes the noun “respect to joins”.
These three concepts are not enough to explain the concept of the SPD-politician for his pension: Out of “respect” for their “life power” is to have the government people who spent their lives working “diligently” and still get only a Mickerrente, which covers the ages increase. Healing to automatic pension supplements for low-wage earners who have paid at least 35 years of pension contributions, part-time work, Child raising and care periods are included. Who has less than 896 Euro pension, would get up to 447 euros a month as a surcharge.
no one should have to disclose
One is particularly important: in Order to receive the healing ash, respect, or basic pension, is to have no one to reveal the most personal. “Because the basic pension provided life benefits of workers rated low wages precisely better, we need no bureaucratic means testing,” tweeted the Minister recently. “This is also a question of respect for life performance.”
With the waiver of the means test is not off healing only of the agreements in the coalition agreement, but advances his basic pension, also be aware of basic security in old age.
Many of the retirees do without the basic security
This Form of social assistance is paid to pensioners whose pension does not come to life enough. The state is expanding, but not without the receipts and expenditure of the old people examined. Social associations see this test is critical. You would rightfully cause many seniors refuse the help that you say you are. Just three per cent of pensioners currently receive the basic protection, white, the German pension insurance. A new report from the Federal Statistical office, however, shows that almost one in five pensioners is at risk of poverty. This means: single pensioners have less than 999 euros in the month, and two-person households less than 1499 Euro a month. “40 to 50 percent of the needy do without on state social benefits”, Margret Böwe, to consider consultant for social policy in the UDF. Many are afraid that the social services repeated the money in their children, says Böwe. Although the barrier of entry for these intra-family reverse grip are so high that this almost never happens, but for many people, the has not spoken out until today.
Who gets basic security?
time, the System that provides so much afraid even to look at. What Hartz IV is for Younger, is for people in the statutory retirement age, or people who can no longer work due to health reasons, and are either unable to work, the basic security in old age. The principle: The Department of social services calculated the needs of the people, of the own revenues and the exploitable assets of the applicant and see what difference remains. In Berlin the end of 2017, received the year – recent Figures, there are non – 42.558 people basic security in old age, in Brandenburg, there were 7617. The basic security in old age is paid only on request and only from the moment of application, not retroactive.
Free meal: The tablets help needy pensioners with food donations.Photo: picture alliance / Andreas Arnold
How high is the demand?
The need to count the cost of a reasonable apartment, the cost of a legally-defined rule set and any additional, for example because someone is unable to walk, or due to illness requires a special diet. Add to that the contributions to health and nursing care insurance. In Berlin, a gross is considered to be Directive in-place rent of 404 euros for a One-person – and 472 Euro for a Two-person household.
The rule set for a single person since the beginning of this year, with 424 Euro, life Partner is in a household community, it is 382 Euro per Person.
Lives and operates by the applicant, or the applicant, with a spouse, life partner or Partner in a consensual Union, are also take into account their income and assets, with the corresponding assets, said in a Information of the Federal Ministry for labour and social Affairs.
What is credited?
The Department of social services shall verify whether the applicant actually needs the help of the General public or from its own power over the coming rounds. Own revenues are credited. This includes pensions and income from Jobs (including mini jobs). Exceptions: the basic pension under the Federal supply act, services with compensation character, as well as parenting services for mothers, born before 1921, are left out.
What is not to be touched?
For revenue from Riester and occupational pensions, there are free amounts. This can account for up to half of the standard rate, in the case of stand-Alone up to 212 euros. Social associations, but that is not enough, you require such a free amount for statutory pensions.
for seniors, the request must also maintain an asset, a nest egg of up to 5,000 euros. The same applies to owner-occupied property, i.e. a house or a condo, if the property is appropriate. In Berlin, the determined inter alia according to the number of residents, the housing needs, the land and the house size. 130 square meters for a Four-person household in a house, as appropriate, of 120 square meters for a condominium. A car, however, you have to sell as recipients of basic security in old age – unlike in the case of Hartz IV recipients, who may keep a set of wheels with a view to their better job opportunities.
you Must fill in the children?
Only if you are really well-heeled. A recourse to the children, there is not a rule. Only when the children have an income of more than 100,000 euros in the year, there is no entitlement to basic social security.
