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Health Insurance Companies Put Pressure on Merz for Citizens' Benefit Recipients – Worry About Contribution Hammer

Summary by merkur.de
The health insurance companies need money to compensate for the high expenditures, but the Merz government does not listen to the required measures.

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Friedrich Merz explained his understanding of the relationship between private and statutory health insurance on Friday. Verena Bentele, President of the Social Association VdK, opposed this attitude.

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The health insurance companies need money to compensate for the high expenditures, but the Merz government does not listen to the required measures.

Lean Left

The health insurance companies continue to suffer losses. The pressure is increasing to distribute the costs for citizens' allowance recipients differently. Merz has now set out his position.

Lean Right

According to their own statements, the statutory cash registers pay ten billion euros annually for the treatment of citizens' money recipients. The money would not be refunded. One of the reasons why the gap between expenditure and revenue is growing.

Lean Left

According to the GKV-Spitzenverband, the statutory health insurance companies pay ten billion euros per year for citizens' benefit recipients. They want the state to take over this.

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The private health insurers (PKV) demand a fast legal regulation, which would allow them to create a health insurance number (KVNR) for their insured persons. "Due to the special urgency, the necessary conditions should be created within the framework of a next possible legislative procedure, the PKV association writes in an opinion on the fourth regulation on the amendment of the implant register operating regulation. The KVNR plays a central r…

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Zeit Online broke the news in Germany on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
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