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Health insurance

In Germany, statutory health insurance and private health insurance sit side by side. Finmon recommends neither system.

In more detail

In the statutory scheme, contributions depend on income, and benefits follow the statute at their core. Family members can be covered with the member when conditions are met. In private insurance, the contract is the measure: premium and benefit depend on the tariff and on the facts given when the contract started. A switch has its own legal hurdles. Finmon does not check a membership.

Background

The Federal Ministry of Health describes both branches. Which duty a person has, for example as an employee, a civil servant or self-employed, sits in social law and not on a learning card. Contribution rates and extra tariffs change. Finmon does not print them. For a question about your own status, the health insurer or the insurance company is the place to ask, not the app.

An example

Two employees with the same gross pay can pay different amounts in the statutory scheme when the insurer's extra contribution differs. A privately insured person pays according to their tariff, not according to that extra contribution. Finmon only sets the two mechanics side by side.

A common misconception

Privately insured automatically means better insured.

Private means a different contract with its own premium and its own benefits. Better is not a statutory finding.

Source: BMG · Private Krankenversicherung. Last reviewed: 2026-10-29. Editorially reviewed on 2026-10-29. Next review 2027-10-29. Version 0.2.0. Finmon explains. It does not advise. Not investment, tax or legal advice.