AOK Lower Saxony: billion dollar budget for health in 2025!

AOK Lower Saxony: billion dollar budget for health in 2025!

In a crucial meeting, the Board of Directors of the AOK Lower Saxony passed a budget for 2025, which amounts to an impressive 17.5 billion euros. This eliminates almost 13.8 billion on health insurance and 3.7 billion on long -term care insurance. The adaptation of the cost -covering additional contribution to 2.7 percent is intended to secure the competitiveness of the AOK, as CEO Dr. Jürgen Peter emphasizes. This follows a remarkable development: In 2022, the AOK Lower Saxony was able to achieve a positive financial result of 51 million euros despite financial challenges. This shows the stability of the market leader, which counted over 3 million insured persons over the same period and thus established himself among the top 3 of the 95 nationwide health insurance companies. The market share in Lower Saxony is now increasing to 39.6 percent, which underlines the ongoing expansion of the AOK, as

stable finances and outlook on 2023

Also in the first half of 2023, positive trends are emerging. The increase in insurance shows that despite the challenges such as inflation, rising energy costs and the after -effects of the corona crisis, the AOK Lower Saxony continues to gain influence. Dr. Jürgen Peter believes that the AOK is on the right track to further expand its market leadership. However, the board of directors also calls for more support from federal politics, in particular with regard to reliable financing of statutory health insurance (GKV), since repeated cost increases in various areas are feared. Christoph Meinecke, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the employer side, criticizes the Federal Government for the delayed implementation of necessary reforms that could endanger competitiveness, such as GKV-Netzwerk Thematized.

The AOK Lower Saxony, which employs over 6800 employees and is present at over 100 locations in and around Lower Saxony, will continue to play a central role in the region's healthcare sector by investing almost 29 million euros in the supply of their insured every day. The patients can rely on a healthcare that is always adapted to the current challenges.