As far as I know the health insurance is split 50/50 between employer and employee. It’s around 14.6 % of you wage. But only a wage up to 70K € a year is considered. So a engineer and a billionaire will pay the same amount. I guess removing that barrier and filling in loopholes where owners of huge cooperations “do not earn anything” could fix that. Just saying more taxes paid does not necessarily mean more money for insurance
I still study but I trust this government run website which says the normal fee and the additional ones are each split 50/50. TK health insurance official documents say the same.
Der Beitragssatz für die GKV wird zum 01.01.2011 auf 15,5% angehoben – […] Im gleichen Schritt, wird der Arbeitgeberanteil eingefroren. In Zahlen sieht das dann wie folgt aus: Arbeitnehmer zahlen aus den 15,5 % - 7,3 plus 0,9%- gesamt also eine Belastung von 8,2% der Arbeitgeber zahlt generell 7,3%. Durch die Festschreibung des Arbeitgeber- Beitrages auf 7,3% werden die Gesundheitskosten von den Arbeitskosten für die Zukunft entkoppelt.
The contribution rate for statutory health insurance will be increased to 15.5% as of 1 January 2011 – […] At the same time, the employer’s contribution will be frozen. In figures, this breaks down as follows: employees pay 7.3% plus 0.9% of the 15.5%, making a total contribution of 8.2%; the employer generally pays 7.3%. By fixing the employer’s contribution at 7.3%, healthcare costs will be decoupled from labour costs in future.
As far as I know the health insurance is split 50/50 between employer and employee. It’s around 14.6 % of you wage. But only a wage up to 70K € a year is considered. So a engineer and a billionaire will pay the same amount. I guess removing that barrier and filling in loopholes where owners of huge cooperations “do not earn anything” could fix that. Just saying more taxes paid does not necessarily mean more money for insurance
AfaIk, the employers share was frozen several years (decades? Schröder?) ago. Since the all increases went onto the bill of the employees.I still study but I trust this government run website which says the normal fee and the additional ones are each split 50/50. TK health insurance official documents say the same.
Then, it has been unfrozen again in the past:
https://krankenversicherung.com/lexikon/anhebung-des-beitragssatzes-und-einfrieren-des-arbeitgeberbeitrages