Published on May 6, 2024 at 05:27.
In his famous poem, the singer Gilles was perhaps mistaken when he gently made fun of these Vaudois without much inspiration. Because it could well be that his compatriots have shown themselves to be pioneers by implementing in 2019 a capping of health premiums at 10% of income. The result of a historic political compromise and popular at the polls, this measure promised “a paradigm shift”. If the Swiss population votes in favor on June 9 to the popular initiative “Maximum 10% of income for health insurance premiums”, this instrument will be introduced throughout the country, with financial participation from the Confederation . As the deadline approaches, The weather set out to take stock of the “Vaudois laboratory”, in a documented and quantified manner, but also by meeting the defenders and detractors of this technical system – which questions while the canton displays deficit accounts for the first time since 2004.
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