Overview
- The cabinet’s savings package aims to hold the average supplemental contribution at 2.9%, with final approval expected in the Bundestag this week.
- The GKV-Spitzenverband expects the average supplemental rate charged in early 2026 to top 3% and flags an additional need of at least 0.1 percentage points to rebuild reserves.
- A statutory estimator group set the 2.9% reference value without accounting for funds that must restore legally required reserves.
- Employers and AOK warn hospital savings may total about €1.3 billion instead of the planned €1.8 billion, reducing the package’s stabilizing effect.
- Hospital associations and ver.di condemn the cuts as risking care, while individual funds will set 2026 rates in the coming weeks and members gain a special right to switch if rates rise.