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No party is better than the other: 113 lobbyists raise health insurance premiums

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The health system has powerful lobbyists in the Federal House. No party is superior to the other. The victims are those who pay premiums.

It is not surprising that health insurance premiums will rise by a whopping 8.7 percent next year: The healthcare sector has an overwhelming representation in the Federal Parliament.

An analysis by “SonntagsZeitung” shows that a total of 113 health lobbyists defended their clients’ interests during the parliamentary session: 90 of them are parliamentarians, the rest are professional lobbyists from outside.

Premium payers have no lobbyists

The majority of them represent so-called service providers: medical institutions, hospitals and pharmaceutical manufacturers. They are all interested not in low healthcare costs but in high margins, good wages and other benefits for their industry.

On the other hand, the lobby of premium payers is very small.

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No party is superior to the other

When it comes to lobbying, politicians like to point fingers at others. But the evaluation shows this: Neither party is superior to the other.

From the Greens to the Senior Vice President, everyone in the healthcare industry has different priorities but is connected.

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The interests of the pharmaceutical industry are almost exclusively represented by bourgeois national councilors such as Thomas de Courten (SVP) and Beat Walti (FDP). SP is the institution with the most lobbying authority among medical organizations. (cut)

Source :Blick

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