{"id":2504,"date":"2025-10-17T12:54:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plus-group.ch\/health-insurance-premium-increase-suffer-or-act\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T09:49:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T09:49:35","slug":"health-insurance-premium-increase-suffer-or-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus-group.ch\/en\/health-insurance-premium-increase-suffer-or-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamal Increases: How to Respond ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1631\" src=\"https:\/\/plus-group.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/221006_post-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1757\" style=\"border-radius:5px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plus-group.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/221006_post-scaled-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/plus-group.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/221006_post-scaled-1-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plus-group.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/221006_post-scaled-1-1024x816.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/plus-group.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/221006_post-scaled-1-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plus-group.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/221006_post-scaled-1-1536x1223.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Health Is Precious&#8230; But Increasingly Expensive !<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news is out. Health insurance premiums will rise in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This increase is linked to the Covid pandemic, which generated additional costs that must now be covered. Premiums for 2022 were clearly underestimated, and unfortunately, this adjustment comes at the worst possible time for households already facing a broad surge in living costs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;background-color:#eeeeee;color:#eeeeee\"\/>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So, how should we respond?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best approach is to make full use of competition by turning to insurers offering the most attractive premiums. This will inevitably encourage other providers to moderate their own price increases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Plus, our experts are fully independent and review all offers on the market for you, helping you achieve significant savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact one of our insurance specialists before 30 November to ensure that this increase is as painless as possible!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1025\" height=\"1366\" src=\"https:\/\/plus-group.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Plus_SA_DSC01567-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1759\" style=\"border-radius:5px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plus-group.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Plus_SA_DSC01567-edited.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/plus-group.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Plus_SA_DSC01567-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/plus-group.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Plus_SA_DSC01567-edited-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Council has mandated an average 6% increase in health insurance premiums for the entire population in 2023. 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