Subject Millions: Merz Government plans to change the severely disabled card

Politicians are simplifying support for children and adults with disabilities, but organizations fear that bureaucracy will grow and that more people will lose crucial support.

The Merz government announces a comprehensive change, which is supposed to affect the severely disabled card, but experts are calling for more speed.

Opposition blocs in the Chamber of Deputies are returning this week to the offensive to sanction a law in favor of persons with disabilities, in order to declare the emergency until December 2027. The first step that will be taken by the Union blocks for the Homeland, Federal Meeting, Democracy for Always, Civic Coalition and the left, will be to seek this Wednesday to issue an opinion, in order to enable treatment in the compound in the second …

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For people with disabilities, the severely disabled card is an important means of proving their severe disability. This proof is often required to be able to receive compensation for disadvantages. The disadvantage compensations are not only advantages, but also tax reliefs, for example. For people with a mark "B" there is also the authority of an accompanying person. Other marks can even lead to the exemption of the broadcasting fee. The severe…

The Merz government brings the severely disabled card to the smartphone. But inclusion needs more than digitalization. Experts admonish accessibility.