Swiss Lawmakers Back CHF50 Fee for Emergency Hospital Visits

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After a heated debate, the National Council voted in favour of an emergency bailout. Also the GLP National Council and nursing specialist Patrick Hässig is in favour. But not all of them from nursing are of his opinion.

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The National Council wants to allow a fee for visiting the hospital emergency. They could introduce the cantons.

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Emergency hospital receptions should be relieved by a fee of 50 francs. The solution would not be uniform and now comes to the Council of States.

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After a very lively debate the national councillors adopted by a small majority the idea of increasing by 50 francs the share of the insured going to the emergencies. The Council of States must decideThe patients going to the emergencies without a medical delegation must be taxed. The National adopted on Wednesday, by 96 votes to 91 and 3 abstentions, a parliamentary project to this effect, against the opinion of the Federal Council. The dossier…

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Exceptions apply, for example, to children or pregnant women. Critics speak of a «bureaucracy monster».