hkk Krankenkasse Reviews 1,649

TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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  1. Health insurance agency

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Die hkk Krankenkasse (Handelskrankenkasse) zählt mit mehr eine Million Versicherten zu den großen, günstigsten und am schnellsten wachsenden gesetzlichen Krankenkassen. Angestellte und ihre Arbeitgeber können je nach Höhe ihres Einkommens jeweils bis zu 627 Euro jährlich sparen, Selbstständige in der Regel das Doppelte. Auch die Leistungen übertreffen den Branchendurchschnitt deutlich. Neutrale Untersuchungen bestätigen die hohe Leistungs- und Servicequalität sowie Kundenzufriedenheit. Mehr als 1.600 Mitarbeitende, davon über 50 Auszubildende, betreuen 2026 ein Haushaltsvolumen von rund 5 Milliarden Euro bei Verwaltungskosten, die mehr als 30 Prozent unter dem Branchendurchschnitt liegen.


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3.3

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid this insurance like a plague

Avoid this insurance like a plague. I repeat- avoid them and get your lawyer ready for any eventualities, as they are predators and fraud.
Here is the story:
I was insured freiwillig with them and because of my low income I was given a reduced amount, which is required by law. Then, mistakenly and gullibly I informed them that I was going to another country and will need to cancel my insurance. And stupid of me, I submitted my address and contract letter to show them evidence. I was trying to abide by the rules and do things by the book. They accepted the cancellation and confirmed I do not owe any thing and the account will be canceled. Then 2 days later a lady came back to say I owe them difference of what I need to pay if my income is in certain level. I replied the email and sent them evidence of the contract I signed stating the amount I was to pay and all my account payment. For the next 4 years, these fraud of an organization sent me letters to me and my old address adding charges to what they claim I owe. I continue to ignore; and then they went ahead to the social welfare department to request they remove whenever I retire from the amount. I mean, who does this fraudulent practice? I will eventually sue you guys when the time is right.
Folks, avoid them- Germany is full of their likes. Fraud and predators.

1 June 2024
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Guten Tag

vielen Dank, dass Sie sich die Zeit genommen haben, Ihre Erfahrungen mit uns zu teilen. Es tut uns leid zu hören, dass Sie sich in Ihrer Situation unverstanden und ungerecht behandelt fühlen.

Als gesetzliche Krankenkasse unterliegen wir strengen gesetzlichen Vorgaben. Dazu zählt auch die Einkommensprüfung für freiwillig Versicherte. Dabei müssen wir in bestimmten Fällen rückwirkend Beiträge anpassen, wenn sich herausstellt, dass das gemeldete Einkommen nicht mit dem tatsächlichen Einkommen übereinstimmt oder relevante Informationen nachträglich bekannt werden. Wir wissen, dass das im Einzelfall als belastend empfunden werden kann – gerade, wenn man sich wie Sie bemüht, alles korrekt anzugeben.

Auch im Fall eines Umzugs ins Ausland bestehen gesetzliche Regelungen zur Abmeldung und zur Beitragsberechnung bis zum Zeitpunkt der wirksamen Kündigung. Wir prüfen solche Sachverhalte sorgfältig und dokumentieren alle Schritte transparent. Wenn Sie hierzu weitere Fragen haben oder Unterlagen erneut einreichen möchten, prüfen wir Ihren Fall gerne noch einmal individuell.

Unsere Aufgabe ist es, rechtlich korrekt zu handeln und gleichzeitig den bestmöglichen Service zu bieten. Schade, dass Sie uns in diesem Punkt anders wahrgenommen haben.

Bei Fragen sind wir gerne für Sie da.

Freundliche Grüße
Ihre hkk Krankenkasse

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

worst service accessiblility!

No service supported on web! So you have to download their APP which isn't reliable at all! also they don't answer your E-mail! you will have to call them for every single problems and services they don't provide (although they say they do but never can be found on the APP).

27 August 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

hkk is the pinnacle (or rather bottom) of the horrendous customer service

In the year 2021 I had switched over to this insurance as a voluntary insured individual. It took the stuff around three months to do the paperwork, leading to my son's hospital bills unpaid in the meanwhile (causing a lot of added stress on top of already stressful situation). However, that was only the beginning.

Throughout the year 2021 ZERO service fees had been withdrawn from my account, despite two SEPA Direct Debit agreements that I had sent and repeated attempts to point this issue out to the stuff to cause any action on their part. I ended up receiving a 8K bill in the beginning of the next year, which essentially meant that all of that money had been booked in the next financial year, allowing me to deduct nothing in the year's 2021 tax declaration. My somewhat unusual tax residency situation makes it impossible to deduct these contributions in the next financial year either. Which basically means that I paid eight thousands EUR for hkk's incompetence.

My fair complaints to hkk have been met with a jolly "das ist wurst egal, ob wir ein Fehler gemacht haben". For those of you reading who doesn't speak German it is a way of telling one to f@(# off. Thank you hkk, likewise.

6 April 2023
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