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Sabrina Gartmann, Livia Kistler, Corinne Räz, Eveline Wenger
Mike Jeive
Writing 2
26 June 2006

Health Care without Borders


Table of contents
1. Introduction 4
2. Swiss Health Insurance 6
2.1 Mandatory Basic Health Insurance 6
2.1.1 Insured Persons 6
2.1.2 Risks Covered and Benefits 7
2.1.3 Costs of the Mandatory Basic Health Insurance 7
2.2 Supplementary Health Insurance 8
2.2.1 Insured Persons 8
2.2.2 Risks Covered and Benefits 8
2.2.3 Costs of the Supplementary Health Insurance 9
2.3 Revision of the Swiss Health Insurance Law 9
2.3.1 Easing of the Territorial Principle 10
2.3.2 Transborder Pilot Projects 11
3. Impacts of Health Tourism on the Swiss Economy 13
3.1 Importance of the Health Care Sector for the Swiss Economy 13
3.2 Competitiveness of Swiss Hospitals 13
3.2.1 Further Easing of the Territorial Principle 14
3.3 Unemployment Rate 15
3.4 Impact on GDP 15
4. Positive Implications of Health Tourism 17
4.1 Helsana and CSS 17
4.2 Cost......

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Approximate Pages: 32 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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