Premiums 2025 Canton of Glarus with second-highest premium increase in the country
The canton of Glarus will see the second-highest increase in health insurance premiums of all cantons next year at 9.2 percent. This is well above the Swiss average of 6 percent.
The average health insurance premium across all age groups in the canton of Glarus will rise from CHF 314 to CHF 342.8, as announced by the Federal Office of Public Health on Thursday. The average increase is therefore 28.8 francs. This is the third-highest figure in the country.
The biggest increase is in the child premium. This now amounts to 105.8 francs, which corresponds to an increase of 16.2 percent. For adults aged 26 and over, the increase is 9% to CHF 405.6. Adults up to the age of 25 pay CHF 275.3, which is 7.7 percent more than this year.
For Health Director Markus Heer (SP), the massive increases are "regrettable, but explainable", as he explained to the Keystone-SDA news agency. The premium increase is due to the actual cost increase in the canton (+ 4.6 percent) and a strong pent-up demand for premiums (+ 4.1 percent). In addition, there would be a slight increase in funds for insurers with a financial shortfall (+ 0.5 percent).
Premiums still below the Swiss average
At least the cost awareness of the Glarus population is reflected in the fact that the new premiums are also below the Swiss average, the cantonal government emphasized. If one compares the average premium development in the years 2019-2025, the canton of Glarus is only 0.1 percentage points above the Swiss average with an annual increase of 3.3 percent.
"A large part of the current increase is due to factors that cannot be influenced by cantonal healthcare policy," explained Heer. However, the cantonal parliament only referred a postulate to the government on Wednesday, which obliges the cantonal government to examine an integrated healthcare region. "If such a project succeeds, positive effects can also be expected on the cost side," said the cantonal councillor.
He is cautiously optimistic for the near future. "We are not currently assuming that premiums will have to be increased to such an extent in the coming years," said Heer.
