Berlin/Dresden. Following several corporate health insurers, especially smaller ones, IKK classic, the largest guild fund, announced a larger additional contribution during the year. The fund will increase its extra rate by 0.49 points to 2.19 percent on Aug. 1, according to a statement released Thursday.
The decision is part of the latest increases on July 1, for example at BKK Pfalz (by 0.4 points to 2.38 percent), BMW BKK (by 0.4 points to 1.3 percent) and the IKK Innovation Fund (formerly IKK Nord) (by 0.6 points to 2.3 percent). Vivida bkk recently recorded the strongest increase, with a jump of 0.79 points to 2.49 percent. At the beginning of the year we had to do this nationwide 45 health insurance funds pay higher additional contributions to their members announce.
The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds has prepared taxpayers for bad news
“Forward-looking financial planning, which is important for stable contributions, is significantly more difficult under the current conditions,” said Helmut Dittke, Chairman of the Management Board of IKK classic, explaining the measure. In the first quarter of 2024, the GKV recorded a total deficit of 776 million euros. Frank Hippler, chairman of the fund’s board, sees the main cause as financing tasks for society as a whole that are largely burdened by statutory health insurance payers.
In mid-June, the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds contacted contributors bad news tuned. The evolution of expenses for the current year reveals an increase of 6.5 percent – significantly higher than the Assessment Circle in Autumn 2023 still accepted (5.8 percent). Thus, this year will probably not remain at a deficit of 3.2 billion euros, as the estimators assumed at the time. (first)