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Health insurance companies in need: emergency help required, otherwise contributions will rise!
The GKV calls for immediate measures to stabilize contributions and warns of financial bottlenecks. Reforms urgently needed!
Health insurance companies in need: emergency help required, otherwise contributions will rise!
Statutory health insurance (GKV) is under enormous pressure, and the new Federal Health Minister Nina Warken (CDU) is being asked to take immediate action. According to Dr. Doris Pfeiffer, CEO of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds, will lead to contributions rising sharply at the turn of the next year. In the last three months, eight health insurance companies have already increased their additional contributions, which further worsens the picture.
Pfeiffer is calling for a preliminary law with a moratorium on spending in order to keep contribution rates stable. This moratorium is intended to prevent price or fee increases beyond current revenue from being permitted. The aim is to achieve a balance between income and expenditure until appropriate structural reforms are implemented.
Health care cost control
The GKV has recorded a deficit of 6.2 billion euros for 2024. This alarming result reinforces the urgency of the urgent measures required. In her first speech in the Bundestag, Warken emphasized that short-term solutions are necessary and that we cannot just wait for Commission proposals. This is particularly important since the Union and the SPD have agreed that a health insurance reform commission should develop proposals by 2027.
Pfeiffer is optimistic about cooperation with the new federal government and welcomes the first signals from Warken. The need for cost control is becoming increasingly obvious as health insurance companies are increasingly pushing for an “emergency cost brake” in order to stabilize the financial situation in the long term. It remains to be seen what specific measures the federal government will implement to meet this challenge.
For further information about the financial challenges facing health insurance companies and the political discussions associated with them, please report KMA about current developments.
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