Preventive Care – These Health Insurance Providers Do More
Additional benefits from cancer screening to flu vaccination
From various cancer screening examinations to early detection of stroke risks to flu, tick, and travel vaccinations: When it comes to preventive care at the doctor's office, some health insurance providers offer more than others.
The health insurance companies with the most extensive benefits for preventive care can be found in the following table. Below the table, you will find a list of the benefits included in the evaluation
TOP 10 statutory health insurance funds for preventive careBest health insurances for "Preventive care at the doctor"
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100
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91
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88
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86
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85
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84
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84
84
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83
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83
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The rankings are based on these criteria:
Click on the links to find detailed descriptions of each benefit (in German) and a list of the statutory health insurance funds that offer that benefit.
- Cancer screening. breast ultrasound: Not all health insurers pay
- Discovering Hands: For early breast cancer detection
- Skin cancer screening: Digital reflected-light microscopy or dermoscopy
- Skin check online: First specialist assessment without waiting time
- Stomach and colon cancer screening: Colonoscopy saves lives
- Early detection of stroke risks: Be on the early look out for symptoms
- Influenza vaccination: The right time in the fall
- Travel vaccinations: Some health insurance providers help
- Tick vaccination: Not all health insurance providers cover this
A detailed description of our evaluation process can be found here (in German). A description of the additional services provided by health insurance funds in the field of Preventive care can be found in our German-language website "Krankenkassen.de" in the section Preventive care. There you can also find out which health insurance companies support the individual methods.
Supplementary benefits are subject to change at any time. Check with your statutory health insurance fund before claiming benefits. You can find the statutes of your statutory health insurance in the profiles of the statutory health insurance funds. This link leads to the list of 58 statutory health insurance companies participating in the comparison. A detailed description of our evaluation process can be found here (in German).