> "Switzerland has a universal health care system, requiring all to buy insurance. [...] Almost 30 percent of people get subsidies offsetting the cost of premiu

> "Switzerland has a universal health care system, requiring all to buy insurance. [...] Almost 30 percent of people get subsidies offsetting the cost of premiums, on a sliding scale pegged to income." This is wrong. It does not matter how much I earn. (Nassim Taleb is right, New York Times is no good.) Healthcare is pegged to income in Germany but definitely not in Switzerland. I pay 279 CHF (300 USD) per month and pay all bills up to 2500 CHF per year myself. If my health-related costs during the year exceeds 2500 CHF the insurance kicks in and starts paying. In this way, people don't go to the doctor for tiny things but quickly go to see one for serious stuff. All health-related costs are deductible from my income tax. More about "health insurance" in Switzerland in my blog post that I wrote after moving to Zurich in 2014: https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i-moved-to-switzerland-to-work-in-it-c7ac18af4f90 https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i-moved-t...