( MENAFN - Swissinfo) Swiss parliamentarians on all sides are convinced that the healthcare system needs reforming. Yet the people's initiatives on health costs and health insurance premiums are far from enjoying unanimous support. We discuss the issue in our Let's Talk programme.
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Check out our selection of newsletters. Subscribe here . Faced with constantly increasing healthcare costs, more and more people in Switzerland are having to tighten their belts just to be able to pay their health insurance premiums.
In the federal parliament in Bern, the main political parties agree on the need to act, but not on solutions. On June 9 the Swiss people will vote on two proposals: the first, from the Centre Party, proposes capping healthcare costs; the second, from the Social Democratic Party, wants to cap health insurance premiums. This content was published on May 29, 2024 Initiatives to rein in healthcare costs have lost ground during the campaign, according to the second SBC poll.
The proposal from the Social Democrats says health insurance premiums should not exceed 10% of household income. This measure would cost the federal government and the cantons CHF3.5 billion ($3.
8 billion) to CHF5 billion a year, according to estimates from the Federal Office of Public Health. “The fed.
