OK, thanks. I thought so. I think it will be the norm over there too, as NHS is extremely busy - I read about it quite recently.
Yes, in other countries people are entitled to an annual set of blood tests (and other tests) paid by the insurance, whereas here you have to ask for it, it is not something doctors routinely do.
I guess what I meant was this: the Swiss system is probably great (luckily didn’t have to use it much), but for goodness sake, there are countries that manage to offer quality services for a lot less money. And they may not even score high in some statistics or enjoy the same reputation.
True, it is pretty expensive but as it’s mandatory, and if people are really struggling with income, there are subsidy programmes available.
I’m not really in favour of blanket and routine blood tests, etc. There is a good programme of routine tests at the various age groups that are usually offered in line with rising age risks. My parents in law are constantly off for various visits to the doctor for this or that test.
Usually they do a full blood check on specific symptoms. I went to my GP a few years ago because I was tired all the time. All my blood indicators were in normal range. Turns out I was trying to work 100%, be a mum, and keep up with sports training on not enough sleep. Who knew?
Those countries will feature a far lower GDP per capita and therefore much lower costs. Taking the Chech Republic you mentioned before, that’s $30k vs $100k. Ceteris paribus that dictates more than 3 times higher prices here vs there.
As new procedures have become common such as sex changes & better drugs for chemotherapy which are more expensive. You can’t really compare with 10 years ago as the landscape has changed.
That’s an important point. But these prices are set in the law for mandatory health insurance. The last update of franchises was on year 2005, maybe it’s time for another update. Price inflation is low in Switzerland, but over 20 years something happens.
Common is not really the right word here.
0.005% of people per year have gender re-assignment surgery.
0.010% of skiers or snowboards die every year in Switzerland. Would you say deaths from skiing are common?
How much do the multitude of Health Insurance companies spend on advertising every year?
Not just billboards but postal drops, TV advertising, social media…
The arguments used by people here against have one, unified federal heath insurance company for basic insurance so lame those people are just embarrassing themselves.
I chose to have BUPA aged 18 in the UK that I continued with whilst living in CH. I finally made my first claim when I broke my back in the 38th policy year.
TBH death is one of the cheaper outcomes in case of an accident. The big costs come from injured people, the sum of medical costs + the cost of not working. SUVA says around 35k people injure themselves in snow sports every year. That translates into 800k days of people not working per year. An average of 23 absence days per injured person, that’s a month.
If 35k people change gender per year, we would have noticed by now…
In Switzerland Health insurance does not pay for accidents for anyone working, so the 800k days of people not working does not increase mandatory health insurance at all. Therapy’s for people that wan’t to be something else will increase health insurance costs.
Um, no. The original post was correct. Sports injuries are covered either by employers contributions or individuals premiums for the non-employed. Generous coverage of full physio costs. Gender change surgery is only an issue in young people where a wait and see policy might be better all round.
