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Basic Health Insurance Rate : if You Want More, You Should Also Pay More

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The high expenditures in the health care system are to be dampened by a health insurance base tariff. Sounds charming? Experts are skeptical.

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The high expenditures in the health care system are to be dampened by a health insurance base tariff. Sounds charming? Experts are skeptical.

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The CDU politician Tino is critical of the proposal to introduce basic tariffs and additional tariffs at health insurance companies. Such a division promotes social injustice, health experts argue.

The Federal Government is considering allowing different tariffs in the statutory health insurance (GKV) in the long term. The cash registers could then offer a basic tariff and various extra tariffs, which would also cost. The private health insurers vehemently reject the advance, the health insurance association finds it good. A few years ago, the AOK Rheinland/Hamburg had already gone on the market with additional tariffs – but they had been …

Berlin – In the debate about the future of statutory health insurance (GKV), the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) is putting forward proposals for a basic tariff and calling for more competition between health insurance providers. Benefit cuts are no longer ruled out. Insured individuals could individually request additional benefits...

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Deutsches Ärzteblatt broke the news in on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.
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