Insurance companies are going to war against the hidden price of drugs
According to Curafutura and Helsana, 20 medicines cost more than 1.7 billion in basic insurance. With a strong upward trend.
For the first time, the price of medicines exceeds the bar of 8 billion francs per year at the expense of basic insurance. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally)
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Faced with the explosion of health premiums for 2023, the Swiss are asking themselves the following question: Do I want to switch insurance to save hundreds of francs a year? This is the time chosen by Curafutura, one of the two umbrella health insurance companies, to tackle the sharp increase in the price of medicine this Wednesday in Bern.