For the first time in 2015: health insurance write-billion deficit

the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" (Monday edition) reported, citing its own calculations, reported. 2018, the funds had retracted a Surplus of almost 2 bil

For the first time in 2015: health insurance write-billion deficit

the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" (Monday edition) reported, citing its own calculations, reported. 2018, the funds had retracted a Surplus of almost 2 billion euros.

The information is based on the preliminary surveys of the associations among their member funds, such as the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" writes. These are the General local health insurance, the company health insurance funds, Guild health insurance funds, the substitute funds and the Knappschaft-Bahn-see. The largest shortfall, with 859 million euros, the Association of the substitute funds reported according to the report, after the member had achieved the company by 2018 will still be a Surplus of EUR 561 million.

a Lot of funds to make Minus

The AOK as the most important Shi group had generated in the previous year a Surplus of nearly 1.1 billion euros, in 2019, however, according to "FAZ", a decline of 122 million euros. A significant decline in the Guild's coffers were recorded, namely, of plus 77 minus EUR 231 million.

The miners deteriorated from plus 91 to minus EUR 58 million. In the operation of health insurance companies, according to plus 198 million in 2018, minus 295 million euros.

As the reason for the poor performance of the funds call the greatly increased power of expenditure per Insured. In the case of the substitute funds in 2019 to they took according to the report, in comparison to the previous year, to 5.6 percent, while the revenue grew only by 3.6 percent. Particularly strong, the output was, therefore, to increase in medicines and remedies.

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Also, the AOK-registered Association that in 2019 expenditure, the rate of increase of the performance with 4.4 per cent had been. The Chairman of the Association, Martin Litsch contended that the policy had promised to the Insured declining contributions, but at the same time ensure that the costs rose sharply. The issue of development in the GKV to take up the journey. "As a result, the funds will feel significant pressure to the contributions, the Insured experience but not better care," said Litsch, the "FAZ". "Doctors do not know the patients": experts warn of medical centers PCP "Doctors, patients don't know": experts warn of medical care centres

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Date Of Update: 24 February 2020, 16:00
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