Santésuisse expects premiums to rise by at least 5 percent
Published: Tuesday, Sep 10th 2024, 11:10
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The health insurance association Santésuisse expects premiums to rise by at least five percent in 2025. For the current year, the association expects costs to continue to grow strongly, as the Keystone-SDA news agency was asked to comment.
Santésuisse is basing its forecast on the 4.8 percent increase in healthcare costs per insured person in the first seven months of this year, as previously reported by the Tamedia newspapers on Tuesday. The association is also expecting strong cost growth next year, as tariff increases in favor of service providers are on the cards.
According to a press release issued on Tuesday, the comparison portal "Bonus.ch" expects health insurance premiums to rise even more sharply next year. According to the company's estimates, premiums are likely to rise by an average of almost 7 percent.
Health insurance companies with low reserves were even threatened with increases of over 12 percent, it said. And "in the most extreme cases", premiums could rise by more than 50 percent.
The costs for laboratory analyses, Spitex and physiotherapy in particular have risen recently. In addition, the costs of medication and the quantities prescribed have risen significantly, as have the volume of services, the number of healthcare treatments and administrative costs, according to Bonus.ch.
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