🇨🇭 Switzerland · Healthcare
How the Switzerland healthcare system works — public vs private care, eligibility, and costs for residents and visitors.
Health insurance is mandatory for everyone resident in Switzerland: you must take out basic compulsory health insurance (under the KVG/LAMal) with a private insurer within three months of arrival, and insurers must accept you for the basic package. Premiums are paid by the individual (not deducted as a payroll tax), with subsidies for lower-income residents. The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) regulates the system.
- Basic health insurance is compulsory; take it out within three months of arrival from a private insurer.
- Insurers must accept you for the basic package; premiums are paid by the individual (subsidies for lower incomes).
- The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) regulates the system.
Official authorities
- Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)
Official mandatory-health-insurance authority.
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