Health insurance premiums will increase 6% in 2024. Some premiums could increase as much as 10%.
This content was published on June 06, 2023
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Last year Swiss health insurance premiums increased by an average of 6%. Premiums are expected to experience a similar increase in 2024. According to the online price comparison portal Comparis, some premiums could experience an increase of up to 10%.
The Federal Ministry of Health reported that overall healthcare costs increased by 2.6% last year. The increase in the first quarter, published by the federal Ministry of Health, is higher than in the previous quarter, according to the Comparis summary.
“Without the politically imposed reduction in reserves, premiums would only have increased by around 2.5% per year and per person in recent years, and would currently continue to rise within this range,” said health insurance expert Felix Schneuwly. , quoted in the Comparis statement.
Reasons for increased costs
Reasons for rising costs include the Covid-19 pandemic, increased bureaucracy, increased unavailability of affordable medicines, increased psychotherapies, start-up assistance initiative, as well as the increased treatment for the uninsured.
prices will stabilize
However, these cost fluctuations are expected to level off. According to Schneuwly in the Comparis statement, the cost of medical services covered by basic insurance will stabilize at around 3% in the coming years.
The actual increase in health insurance premium prices in 2024 will be announced in September.
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2023-06-06 14:17:40
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