Posted on May 05, 2025 at 20:11. / Modified on May 05, 2025 at 20:37.
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The motion of the national councilor Jacqueline de Quattro (PLR/VD) which asks to end medical tourism in the asylum sector was accepted at the National this Monday evening by 128 votes against 62. The Vaud elected representative wishes to fight against abuse: “An increasing number of applicants, who know that their request for asylum has no chance, arrive in our country to solicit expensive medical treatments. Very expensive. As soon as applicants are recorded in an asylum center, they are automatically insured. That their request is ultimately refused does not change anything. Meanwhile, they have received the desired treatment. “
In the canton of Vaud, “seven Georgian nationals, temporarily admitted to our country, are awaiting a graft at the CHUV”. Surgical intervention which costs between 250,000 and 300,000 francs. These costs should be covered by the canton of Vaud, since these applicants were “retroactively disaffiliated by their health checkout, the latter considering that they were staying in Switzerland for the sole purpose of benefiting from care, notes Jacqueline de Quattro. This represents few abuses, but they cost taxpayers dearly. ”
