Many lack health insurance money. Source: AP
FRANKFURT / Berln. The City of Berlin BKK is therefore, before breaking up. The industry and the medical profession is considered to BKK struck, although their location modified somewhat relaxed. In addition, the industry is about the fear that even large health insurance companies must be caught. These include the numbers three and ten, and DAK KKH alliance. Both had to raise additional contributions already this year.
In the largest financial distress among the approximately 160 German health insurance companies, however, lies the City BKK. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health confirmed this weekend in Berlin. Together with BKK health professionals in Berlin Checkout reported to the Federal Insurance Office (BVA) is a threat of insolvency. For this purpose the funds are now committed.
According to information from industry sources, the Office since the end of March familiar with the critical situation of the City BKK. Between two and three million euros, the cash burn in the month. The debt is estimated 50 million €. In accordance with the Health Ministry had the BVA in early June called for the closure of the BKK City, says an industry service.
Industry experts expect the closure of the BKK City
As part of the company health insurance you are sure that this would be "pulled through compromise." As Sterbezeitpunkt is the first September 2010. The need to agree on Thursday on a crisis meeting in Berlin nor the princes of the approximately 130 German health insurance company. "They find no solution, the closure inevitable," said the spokeswoman of the BKK Bundesverband, Christine Richter.
Overall, it’s loud BKK-Bundesverband to grants of 130 million euros. This needs the cash in the current situation in order by the end of accumulating and to cover the allocations from the health fund unfunded liabilities. One option remains the merger with a larger health insurance, "said Richter. This could be attractive to the acquiring fund to make the fact that the debt of the City BKK from all company health insurance will be accepted in advance. Moreover, considering the company health insurance that helps to stretch time so that others BKK not fall into financial difficulties.
In industry circles, notably the BKK health professionals from Düsseldorf is struck, although the situation through additional payments in the millions is said to have relaxed from the Health Fund. The institute had approximately 240 000 in early January insured lost, but additional contributions by around 65 000 members.
The Federal Insurance Office will decide in the next three months about the closure. Even if the City would be closed BKK, are incurred by the insured at any disadvantage, "said the spokeswoman. The insurance coverage will remain in any case, and treatments are paid.
Insurance companies are missing next year eleven billion €
Regardless, it is clear that missing in the legal system (GKV) this year alone, about four billion euros. For the coming year, experts estimate the gap to eleven billion Euro. The Federal Cabinet has therefore already in the past week, decided to transfer the next year an additional tax subsidy of two billion euros in the health fund. € 1.5 billion will be saved through health ministers Philipp Rösler his drug reform.
The cash does not solve the problems of individual. may be distributed only to the shortage, while unresolved, is who pays for the remaining gap: employers, employees or the state.
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