Tag: health insurance companies
Where the contributions are lowest and highest
health insurance cards Some large health insurance companies are only increasing the contributions moderately – but could follow suit again next year. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Munich Many citizens not only…
Where the contributions are lowest and highest
health insurance cards Some large health insurance companies are only increasing the contributions moderately – but could follow suit again next year. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Munich Many citizens not only…
A bitter New Year’s greeting from the traffic light
health card The additional contribution to statutory health insurance rises to a new record high. (Photo: imago images/Martin Bäuml Fotodesign) Berlin Many Germans are unlikely to recognize their first payslip…
What Karl Lauterbach’s plans can actually do against the drug shortage
Berlin For Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, the reason for the current bottlenecks in medicines is obvious. “We overdid it with economization,” he said on Tuesday. The SPD politician means the…
Health insurance companies in comparison: The best statutory health insurance companies
Insurance as a kit (Photo: Getty Images) Dusseldorf The mood among the statutory health insurance companies (GKV) in Germany is irritated, because the funds are running out of money. The…
Health insurance companies are concerned about the sharp rise in membership numbers
Health insurance The additional contributions for statutory health insurance companies should increase. (Photo: imago images/Kirchner Media) Berlin The strong increase in membership this year is giving statutory health insurance companies…
Health minister confronts angry pharmacists
Berlin Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) had to reckon with the fact that the appearance at the pharmacists’ day in Munich would not be any easier. His predecessor Jens Spahn…
Cash deficit could almost double by 2025
Karl Lauterbach Experts expect health insurance companies to have higher deficits than the Federal Minister of Health. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin Despite all the reform measures by Federal Health Minister…
Cash deficit could almost double by 2025
Karl Lauterbach Experts expect health insurance companies to have higher deficits than the Federal Minister of Health. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin Despite all the reform measures by Federal Health Minister…
Insured people will soon have to pay so much more for their health insurance
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach With the higher contribution and other measures, Lauterbach wants to close a financing gap of around 17 billion euros without reduced benefits. (Photo: dpa) Berlin…
Influenza epidemic sets a record for sick leave in the first half of the year
notification of illness The company health insurance companies are reporting more sick leave than they have in more than ten years. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Respiratory diseases caused a record number…
Those in need of care face massive cost increases
Inpatient geriatric care The cost of a place in a nursing home has risen despite the performance subsidy that was approved in January. (Photo: picture alliance / photothek) Berlin The…
Central banks need to “get the rods out”
Today France, and with it the free world, celebrates July 14 as the day of the bourgeois revolution. With the battle cry “Liberté, egalité, fraternité”, the Parisians stormed the Bastille…
Lauterbach reform: long waiting times – panel doctors are sounding the alarm
Karl Lauterbach The health minister’s planned reforms are being rejected by panel doctors. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The panel doctors warn of possible disadvantages for patients as a result of the…
Health insurance & gas stop: Insured persons are threatened with rising contributions
health insurance cards The additional contributions for health insurance companies are to increase in 2023. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Stopping gas imports from Russia could also have serious consequences for the…
Karl Lauterbach: cash register financial reform alienated allies
Karl Lauterbach Health Minister Karl Lauterbach is under pressure because the health insurance companies urgently need money. (Photo: AP) Berlin The healthcare industry is notoriously divided. Opposing interests regularly cause…
Lauterbach has alienated even allies with its financial reform
Karl Lauterbach Health Minister Karl Lauterbach is under pressure because the health insurance companies urgently need money. (Photo: AP) Berlin The healthcare industry is notoriously divided. Opposing interests regularly cause…
IG Metall discovers the “full throttle” tactic
the “concerted action” by the largest industrial union, IG Metall, consists of demanding eight percent more wages for 3.8 million employees. That would be the strongest increase since 2008. The…
Pharmaceutical companies are threatening job cuts
Berlin The German pharmaceutical companies are resisting plans by Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD), who wants to collect billions from them to financially stabilize the health system. Companies are…
AOK boss Reimann warns of contribution shock: “Cash registers are empty”
Carola Reimann The former SPD health politician has been leading the AOK federal association since 2022. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In view of the impending record deficit of the statutory health…