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Ruth Dreifuss: "as Soon as the Lamal Was Launched, Premiums Were Expected to Be Limited to 8% of Income"

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To increase the subsidies endlessly is not sustainable: it is necessary to reduce the benefits of health insurance in order to curb the increase in premiums, demands a part of the right. And yet: at the launch of the LAMal in 1996, it was planned to subsidise up to a third of the Swiss population, with a cap on premiums at 8% of income, recalled the former president of the Confederation Ruth Dreifuss on the plateau d'Infrarouge.
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To increase the subsidies endlessly is not sustainable: it is necessary to reduce the benefits of health insurance in order to curb the increase in premiums, demands a part of the right. And yet: at the launch of the LAMal in 1996, it was planned to subsidise up to a third of the Swiss population, with a cap on premiums at 8% of income, recalled the former president of the Confederation Ruth Dreifuss on the plateau d'Infrarouge.

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rts.ch broke the news in on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
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