Joint company health insurance fund Cologne
| Joint company health insurance fund Cologne | |
|---|---|
| social insurance | Statutory health insurance |
| legal form | Public corporation |
| resolution | December 31, 2010 |
| Jurisdiction | Germany |
| Administrative headquarters | Cologne |
| Board | Helmut Wasserfuhr |
| Supervisory authority | Federal Insurance Office |
| Insured | 30,000 |
| Employee | 70 |
| Website | www.gbk-koeln.de ( Memento from February 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) |
The Joint Company Health Insurance Fund Cologne ( GBK Cologne ) was a company health insurance fund based in Cologne .
It became known nationwide as one of the first health insurance companies that had to levy an additional contribution for each individual health insurance company . As of July 2009, members were charged an additional fee of EUR 8.00 per month. Since February 20, 2010, 1% of the contributory income has been requested retroactively to January 1, 2010.
The GBK Cologne got into financial difficulties because in 2005 and 2006 alone for two patients with rare diseases, u. a. Hemophilia , cost more than 14 million euros. In 2010, the health insurance company reported a risk of bankruptcy.
The GBK Cologne went through a merger on 1 January 2011 in the mhplus BKK on.
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Berger, Günther M. Wiedemann: Health insurance: 14 million costs for two patients. Kölner Stadtanzeiger , August 18, 2009, accessed on August 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Company health insurance company warns of own bankruptcy. Welt Online , June 16, 2010, accessed August 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Merger of GBK Cologne and mhplus BKK on January 1, 2011. (No longer available online.) Krankenkassen News, December 13, 2010, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 7, 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Former website ( Memento from February 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )