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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/health/policy/01swiss.html
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Published: September 30, 2009
ZURICH Like every other country in Europe, Switzerland guarantees health care for all its citizens. But the system here does not remotely resemble the model of bureaucratic, socialized medicine often cited by opponents of universal coverage in the United States.
Dominic Büttner for The New York Times
Dr. Gerlinde Schurter, center, with a patient and a nurse. She says regulators and insurers have fought to hold down costs.
A blog from The New York Times that tracks the health care debate as it unfolds.
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Swiss private insurers are required to offer coverage to all citizens, regardless of age or medical history. And those people, in turn, are obligated to buy health insurance.
That is why many academics who have studied the Swiss health care system have pointed to this Alpine nation of about 7.5 million as a model that delivers much of what Washington is aiming to accomplish without the contentious option of a government-run health insurance plan. <more>
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Published: September 30, 2009
ZURICH Like every other country in Europe, Switzerland guarantees health care for all its citizens. But the system here does not remotely resemble the model of bureaucratic, socialized medicine often cited by opponents of universal coverage in the United States.
Dominic Büttner for The New York Times
Dr. Gerlinde Schurter, center, with a patient and a nurse. She says regulators and insurers have fought to hold down costs.
A blog from The New York Times that tracks the health care debate as it unfolds.
More Health Care Overhaul News
Related
Incentives and Costs of the Swiss Government Model (October 1, 2009)
Times Topics: Health Care Reform
Swiss private insurers are required to offer coverage to all citizens, regardless of age or medical history. And those people, in turn, are obligated to buy health insurance.
That is why many academics who have studied the Swiss health care system have pointed to this Alpine nation of about 7.5 million as a model that delivers much of what Washington is aiming to accomplish without the contentious option of a government-run health insurance plan. <more>
