“Sometimes, there is really every interest in bringing the competition into play and leaving,” points out the UFC-Que Choisir

Supplementary health insurance is experiencing a “record” increase of “more than 10%” this year, notes the consumer association. It offers a comparator, with free access for one week.

“Sometimes, it really is in your best interest to compete and leave”, points out Grégory Caret, director of the Consumer Observatory at UFC-Que Choisir, Thursday March 14 on franceinfo. While complementary health insurance is experiencing an increase “record” of “more than 10%” this year, the consumer association is offering a comparator, with free access for one week.

“On average, two years ago, you paid 650 euros per year of contribution per person, which is already enormous. This year, we will almost be at 800 euros. For households, it is an increasingly important effort and particularly for retired households, because they bear the entirety of their contributions, which is not the case for employees.underlines the consumption expert.

“The increase is partly explained by the fact that we implemented the reform of the 100 % health”, he emphasizes. However, “that’s not going to be the only reason. When you look at your health insurance contribution, you’ll see that the huge part will be used to give you reimbursements for your health expenses, but you have 20% every year which will be included in ancillary costs, and in particular in advertising costs.”

Changing your complementary health insurance is within everyone’s reach, according to him. “Now, you can do it at any time during the year, except in the first year of subscription where you will be hired for twelve months. Afterwards, you can change at any time”he explains. “It’s relatively simple.”especially since “the organization you turn to will help you with all these steps too.”