Maybe you already have a letter or email from yours Health insurance receive; Maybe the information won’t arrive until the next few days. In any case, the content will most likely be clear: you will have to pay more for statutory health insurance (GKV) this year.

A total of 43 of the 93 statutory insurers are increasing the amount Additional contribution at the turn of the year. For you this means: In addition to the 14.6 percent that is already deducted from your gross wages for health insurance, half of this additional contribution is due. The employer pays the other half. A group of estimators has set the average contribution required to adequately finance the funds this year at 2.9 percent. Some, like BKK firmus, only charge 2.18 percent. The BKK24 (4.39 percent) and the Knappschaft (4.3 percent) are particularly expensive in comparison.