The health insurance premiums serve to cover the costs of the population’s medical care. The premiums for each policyholder can vary greatly, however, because the premium is influenced by numerous factors. The following three factors play an important role as a basic principle:
Healthcare costs have risen less sharply than anticipated in the past year. This is why, for most policyholders, the premiums for 2021 are only increasing moderately. For 52% of Sympany customers, the premium is not changing at all or is even being reduced. Some policyholders are paying higher premiums because age-dependent discounts are ending and other individual factors are taking effect.
For basic and supplementary insurance, children up to and including the age of 18 will receive a children’s discount (72–78%). Young adults up to and including the age of 25 will benefit from a young person’s discount (up to 25%) for basic insurance. After these ages, these discounts will lapse from the beginning of the following calendar year. In 2021, this will affect policyholders born in 2002 and 1995.
Premiums are also graded according to age groups for supplementary insurance. Moving to the next age bracket can result in a change to premiums. For the most popular supplementary insurance policies such as plus and premium or supplementary hospital insurance, the following age brackets apply: up to 18, 19 to 25, then in five-year intervals up to 60, 61 to 70 and 71 to 80. Premiums remain unchanged from the age of 81.
Other factors that may influence the amount of premiums for supplementary insurance are a change of residence or canton, adjustments to the family structure or expiring multiple-year contracts in accordance with the Federal Act on Insurance Policies IPA.
Individual no-claims bonuses can lapse when you claim benefits again.