Every year come October anyone living in Switzerland is faced with the same decision, stay with your current health insurance company or change. And every year the same news comes through, the premium are set to rise again. It is, unfortunately no different this year […]
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On the 18th of October, we were hosting a webinar where important questions were asked regarding health insurance. Ivan Buholzer, professional insurance consultant answered those questions comprehensively. Here are useful links, mentioned in the video: 1. to register for Prämienverbilligung: https://ipv.was-luzern.ch/ipv2022/2. official website federal department
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Krankenversicherungsgesetz (KVG) this might be a word you have come across already – if not it’s the term for basic health insurance. Every person living in Switzerland is obliged to take out a basic health insurance policy. Even more important is that this must be
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Mandatory insurance Healthcare, vehicle insurance (certain E-bikes included), unemployment and invalidity insurance, mandatory pension contributions, social security, etc. are all under the watchful eye of the state. If you are working, then most of your cover is in place. However, in our consultations, we have found
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What you need to know before you choose your health insurance Soziale Krankenversicherung – even harder to choose one than it is to say. If you are used to public medical care or subsidised insurance back home, you will have to accept the fact that
If you’ve been living in Switzerland for any length of time you’ve come across this inevitable truth, private health insurance is obligatory and whichever insurance you choose to go with next year it will be more expensive. A couple of weeks ago the Swiss population
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