Family, single, retiree: this is how much of your income goes to premiums in your canton

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A vote casts its shadow: in June, Switzerland will decide on the SP’s premium waiver initiative. Premiums must be reduced to a maximum of ten percent of disposable income. It is unclear how many would benefit from this, writes the “SonntagsZeitung”.

Data from research agency Ecoplan with figures from 2020 shows how much of your income must be paid for health insurance: Even after deduction of the premium discount, it is sometimes more than a quarter of your disposable income. Although the figures cannot be used directly to show who is benefiting from the SP initiative, as this depends on the calculation method, the data does provide some clues.

A model family with two children aged three and a half and five years old and a gross income of 97,992 francs does the worst in the canton of Basel-Stadt: even after deduction of the premium discount, about 17 percent goes to health insurance. In the canton of Graubünden this is only 6 percent.

For young adults who live alone and have a net income of 47,500 francs, the differences between the cantons are smaller. In the canton of Basel-Stadt it amounts to only 4 percent of income after deduction of any premium discounts, in the canton of Neuchâtel it is around 9 percent.

For the single pensioner with a net income of 33,750 francs, many cantons are already excluded because social assistance and supplementary benefits cover the premium costs in the model budget.

The Federal Office for Public Health and the Ecoplan researchers point out that the calculations are model households. It is not possible to draw conclusions about the overall situation of the population.

No conclusion can be drawn about the SP initiative either. “These are based on different assumptions and use different reference values ​​for income and/or premium burden.” (brother)

Source:Blick