Barmer GEK does not want to charge any additional fees

Barmer GEK plans to raise no additional contributions in 2011.

(19.09.2010) The statutory health insurance Barmer GEK wants to collect in the coming year 2011 no additional contributions from its members. This announced the cash register in a letter. The Barmer, however, wanted to make her announcement dependent on government plans for health care reform. The Federal Ministry of Health must comply with the planned changes. Accordingly, the plan is no flat-rate additional contributions to raise, a probable announcement.

Other funds have already announced that they will not apply for additional contributions in 2011. So also announced the general local health insurance (AOK) in the last week, also want to give up the additional fees. However, many funds want to first wait for the implementation plans of the Federal Government, and then make a decision. It depends on whether the federal government keeps its promise to make savings. In all likelihood, few health insurances will have to pay an additional fee in the coming year. Because the coffers fear high termination rates.

Regular health insurance premiums will rise from 14.9% to 15.5% on 1 January 2011. 8.2 percent have to pay salaried employees and 7.3 percent of employers. The loss-making health insurance companies recorded a surplus of around € 112 million in the first half of 2010. In 2009, it was still 1.2 billion euros. A total of 16 health insurance companies currently levy additional contributions from their insured persons. Cash registers that introduced an additional contribution had to contend with a large membership loss. In the course of announcing additional contributions, insured persons have a special right of termination. Of these, around half a million Kassenpatienten in 2010 made use of. Around 8.5 million people are insured with Barmer. (Sb)

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