I just googled for it. They really changed it! Unbelievable! Horray! I almost expected that plans to be only hot air let of in TV talkshows (like usually).
Since April 2004 only the old people above 70 and some other exceptions (being in jail etc) get welfare abroad. Maybe the women on TV spend half the year or so on holiday in Poland and the other half here. Perhaps that leaves them entitled for the money.
If they changed it - it only proves, there are still sane people in Germany.