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Bavaria's Health Minister Judith Gerlach has called on the federal government to finally present a sustainable financing concept for statutory health insurance. Gerlach emphasized on Sunday (April 14th) at an event to mark the 100th anniversary of BKK Akzo Nobel in Erlenbach: “The average contribution rate for health insurance companies is currently over 16 percent. Unfortunately, a further increase is inevitable. The federal government's Statutory Health Insurance Financial Stabilization Act, which has left deep marks, is partly responsible. Financial reserves have been rigorously reduced here. This reduction in assets was particularly hard on smaller funds, which in many cases can hardly avoid an increase in contribution rates in the event of an unexpectedly high increase in expenses.”
Gerlach explained: “The GKV Financial Stabilization Act draws on, among other things, the financial reserves of the health insurance companies. Existing reserves are used for cross-fund balancing to stabilize contribution rates. Health insurance companies that do well are disadvantaged here.”
Gerlach criticized: “We have been waiting with excitement for stable and reliable financing from the Federal Ministry of Health. In its current form it is an indictment. A sustainable financing concept? None. In its lack of concept, the Federal Ministry of Health is once again focusing on contributors and declaring “moderately increasing contributions” as an expression of solidarity-based financing.”
Gerlach added: “Of course the current budgetary conditions are difficult. That won't change in the foreseeable future. This is precisely why we need sustainable financial reforms. This should be at the top of the Federal Health Minister’s priority list.”
