The private health in old age - Private Health Insurance
The private health insurance already tried through various measures, the contributions of the insured in the pension age to be able to keep constant. The current measures, we have summarized here.
The greatest fear of privately insured patients is ever increasing and the age of retirement may no longer be payable insurance premium. To prevent this, the private health insurance as follows:
1. Aging Provisions
Thus the contributions of the private health insurance is not alone by the age of the insured, shall be in the post costing reserves. This means that a young today policyholders must contribute a higher payment when due of its current risk profile would be necessary. Since the treatment is usually with increasing age increases, this is already at the initial cost estimate takes into account contribution. One then speaks of the so-called aging provisions. These are precisely the provisions which increased costs in old age will catch.
2. Legal Contribution Award
Since 2000, all private health insurance companies committed to the above-identified contributing an additional statutory surcharge of 10% to calculate. This will be further built up reserves, because the surcharge is legal, 20 until the 60th Age collected.
3. Standard Tariff
The default rate since 1994, offers a solution for all pensions, the contributions in the pension age can no longer afford. If at least 10 years private health insurance, you can with the 55th Age of the standard fare menu. Due to the lower performance is also contributing significantly lower than for a normal rate. An additional relief is provided by the educated aging provisions. However, one loses from a change in the standard rate the usual performance level, since this rate to the requirements of the statutory health and care-oriented.
4. Posted discharge rate
With the contribution rate relief, many private insurance companies an additional opportunity to contribute to the retirement age to reduce. If you choose a contribution rate relief, it is also the employer with 50% of the monthly contributions. Basically we can say that the more one is prepared to contribute in discharge rate to invest, the higher the premium will reduce the age fail.