Berlin - 800 million euros - Federal Government prefers financial support for health insurance funds

The Federal Government has promised the statutory health insurance companies a rapid grant of 800 million euros.

The reserves of the health insurance companies are smaller than expected, now the federal government has to step in. Health minister Warken speaks of a "system in the deep red figures".

The state of the statutory health insurance is "more dramatic than assumed anyway": Health Minister Nina Warken fills up the health fund's liquidity reserve already in May.

The GKV system continues to be under pressure: Growing differences in the additional contributions bring smaller cash registers into a downward spiral, as shown by analyses.

The new government must now shoot at 800 million euros in order to stabilise the statutory health insurance. Pensioners are also in the focus of the reform.

The federal government has to step in with 800 million euros in order to fill the liquidity reserve of the health fund already in May.