Individuals showed a 4% increase last year compared to 2020. private medical contractshaving exceeded 862,000, while group contracts increased by 10%, the number of which reached 5,706.

As can be seen from her data Union of Insurance Companies of GreeceDuring the years of the pandemic, which also highlighted the vulnerability of the public system, private health insurance was further developed, with an increase in the number of health care contracts approaching 15% compared to 2017, and group contracts by 51%.

The number of individual health insurance policy holders approached 1.1 million, up 6%, and the number of group insurance policy holders approached 1.3 million, up 7% from 2020.

As a result of the increased role being taken by private health insurance, there is also a reduction in the number of canceled contracts, which according to the EAEE was 13% for individual contracts (a decrease of two points compared to 2020) and group contracts to 9% (a decrease of one percentage point). point compared to 2020). The total amount of medical benefits (individual and group insurance) paid out by insurance companies in 2021 reached 589 million euros, an increase of 2% compared to the previous year. This increase is solely due to group insurance, which, after recording a 10% increase, reached 180 million euros, representing 31% of the total health insurance payments paid out by insurance companies in 2021. a slight decrease of 1%, approaching 409 million euros in 2021.