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IIRC the Swiss government requires all insurers to offer plans with a certain baseline level of coverage, and the insurers aren’t allowed to make a profit on th
by sethg 17y ago
IIRC the Swiss government requires all insurers to offer plans with a certain baseline level of coverage, and the insurers aren’t allowed to make a profit on those plans. The profit comes from plans that offer goodies above and beyond the baseline.
- thomas11 17y agoI think they are allowed to make a profit on the baseline insurance, they just usually don't in order to attract people with low rates. On the website of the Bundesamt fuer Gesundheit and on Wikipedia I couldn't find any mention of such a regulation. It wouldn't make a big difference anyway, as you say, the profit comes from the extras (and from having an efficient administration!).