June 13, 2025|
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|6 months agoAlternative Medicine Treatments to Remain Covered by Swiss Basic Insurance
Senate maintains coverage for acupuncture, homeopathy, and other alternative treatments in basic health insurance
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- Swiss Senate rejected a motion to restrict coverage of alternative treatments in basic health insurance
- Five treatments will remain covered: acupuncture, homeopathy, phytotherapy, anthroposophic medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine pharmacotherapy
- Swiss population voted in favor of alternative medicine coverage in 2009
By The Numbers
5
Number of alternative treatments covered
They Said
"Such a change would run counter to the will of the population, which voted in 2009 in favour of coverage under basic insurance"
"The savings generated by ending coverage would not be very large"