The Council of States has issued on Wednesday a amazingly unjust decision. It was an already vexed issue: the health insurance premiums. You do not get used to the fact that the policy gets health care costs under control, but now it also fails when the distribution of these costs. Specifically, it is the premium regions, in eleven of the larger cantons, including Zurich and Bern. The idea behind this is obvious: As the cost of healthcare in a city like Bern are higher than in the Bernese Oberland, is it fair that the insurer will have to downgrade your premiums on a regional basis. The big question is, how to form the regions of the right and how big is the premium differences.
Not once
In industry and politics try to not agree that the current requirements are correct. Vielenorts from the gold coast to the Emmental, the classification does not match with the reality. In addition, the premium discounts, the regions of the country are not too high, since the cost differences between the city and the country are so great as before. This condition is illegal. The law requires a division that follows uniform criteria and on the basis of actual cost differences will be based. What is the Council of States makes now? Instead of a new division to promote, he decided with a 24 to 13 vote, the Federal Council was to legalize the current Regime, by rephrasing the law. FDP Council of States Joachim Eder admitted the Commission spokesman disclosed that “the premiums of a Region corresponds in all cases, the cost of this Region”.
The decision has a history that explains it, but does not excuse. The Federal office of public health has been working for years to Reform, but found no consensus. Affected cantons opposed to, the health insurance companies as well. The latter have developed a ready-made proposal that has not convinced the Ständeräte but also.
disproportionate rewards
to find A fair solution, is not easy. Each change leaves behind losers who would have to accept a premium boost and according to roar, while those that could benefit, are less noisy. Nevertheless, it is a fatal sign, if the policy is not for the sake of trying the peace once more to find a fair settlement. The majority of the cantons, the rate would have to deal with this allegation: in their view, the Federal government could still plan a better classification. But this Argument is hypocritical. The Federal government has not succeeded by now, a fair solution to enforce, although he could rely on a clear legal mandate. If this is eliminated now, the opponents have a lot easier game.
to suffer are the citizens. You must continue to subsidize the population of rural regions-cross. The show not only the Figures of the Federal government, but also the data of the health insurance of the Canton of Bern. Who is insured in the case of the largest cash-in-Visana, paid in the city of Bern, a year to 745 Swiss francs more than in the second most expensive Region and 1175 francs more than in the cheapest Region. The premiums are 12, respectively, 18.6 percent higher. The cost differences amounted to only 6.4, respectively, 12.5 per cent.
that isn’t playing Fair. The townspeople can only hope that you will find in the national Council more belonging to than in the rural Predominance in the Council of States.
(Tages-Anzeiger)
Created: 14.12.2018, 20:44 PM