Health Minister Linnemann comments on stable health insurance contributions

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Lerato Khumalo

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Linnemann is optimistic about the additional contribution

October 14, 2026 – 8:55 p.mReading time: 1 min.

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Health Minister Carsten Linnemann (CDU): “Place financing on a solid foundation in the long term.” (Source: IMAGO/ESDES.Pictures, Bernd Elmenthaler/imago)

For two days, experts examined the financial situation of health insurance companies. The result should please contributors.

Expenses from statutory health insurance companies will therefore increase significantly less next year than in the current year. Linnemann attributed this primarily to the Statutory Health Insurance Contribution Rate Stabilization Act. The law will relieve health insurance companies of up to 15 billion euros in expenses next year.