I also believe that Swiss health insurance companies are non- profit.
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Subject: Is the Swiss Health Care System a Good Model for the US?
FYI Gary Becker’s blog which might be of interest to some of you
http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2009/10/is_the_swiss_he.html
Is the Swiss Health Care System a Good Model for US? Becker
The Swiss health care system has several important properties that I (and many others) have been advocating should be incorporated into any reform of the US health care system. One major advantage of the Swiss system is that employer-provided health care does not receive any special tax breaks, whereas the US system is built on these tax breaks. As a result, only a rather a small fraction of Swiss health care is obtained through employment. Mainly, Swiss families buy health care on their own, so that, unlike in the US, their health insurance does not reduce their incentives to change jobs because job changes do not endanger their health coverage. Unfortunately, probably due to union pressure, Congress is not planning to eliminate this tax break for employer-provided health care. Indeed, many Congressmen want to increase the pressure on employers to provide health care to their employees…
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