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Health and insurance

LAMal or CMI, premiums, deductibles and care: health cover for those working across the border.

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282 articles on health and insurance, newest first.

• Cross-border workers, proposed healthcare tax: 30-150 euros from 2027

  The Meloni Government has passed a budget law that modifies the cost-sharing contribution paid by cross-border workers to the National Health Service, the health tax they are required to pay.

• Cross-border healthcare workers: Como is gasping for air

  Approximately 5,000 Italian border workers work in the Ticino health sector.

• Interrupted sickness benefits: 5 steps to protect yourself

  During his absence, he regularly received the daily allowances provided for by the employer's sickness insurance. Once the period of protection shielding the employee from dismissal had elapsed, however, his employer notified him of the termination of his employment.

• Furia Award 2026 for Giovannini: sustainability at the center

  The Premio Ecologia Città di Varese – Salvatore Furia 2026 is being awarded this year to Enrico Giovannini.

• Sexual offenses against patients, a doctor in prison

  At the beginning of July, investigations began into a doctor from the Locarno area, following a report by a patient.

• Incident in Cernobbio: 21-year-old seriously injured, transported to Varese

  In Cernobbio, a few kilometers from Como, a 21-year-old was seriously injured in a road accident that occurred on Tuesday 13 October shortly after 9am.

• Mental health at work: projects in Ticino
• Health insurance funds: 5% increase and proposals evaluated by experts

  In 2027, the premium will increase by 5%. Three experts analyze the state fund, prevention and costs: in Ticino, from 2029, half of citizens could benefit from reductions.

• Ticino health tax for cross-border workers: starting in September?

  New healthcare tax for cross-border workers: launch expected by September, but implementing decrees are missing and payments have not yet been collected.

• Ticino finances: deficit nearing half a billion

  The 2027 budget and financial plan indicate a structural deficit. The initiatives on health insurance premiums and the EFAS healthcare reform weigh heavily.

• Ticino LAMal premiums 2027: increase to 3,7% and 519,90 francs

  In 2027, the increase in premiums in Ticino will be 3,7%, with 519,90 francs per month. DSS Director Raffaele De Rosa comments on the measures and healthcare spending.

• LAMal, 30 years of increases: premiums have tripled

  LAMal, introduced in 1996, has seen the average premium triple. For 2027, the DFI indicates +5% in Switzerland and +3.7% in Ticino.

• Ticino health insurance premiums 2027: 3,7% increase

  In 2027, health insurance premiums in Ticino increase by 3,7%, bringing the average premium to 520 francs per month, the highest in Switzerland.

• Sick pay or health tax? Analysis 2026-2027

  In 2026 premiums increase +4,4% on average, higher in Ticino; in 2027 estimate between 4,5% and 5%. Healthcare expenditure 2024: 97 mld CHF. Caisse Santé Geneva project on 23/09/2026.

• Luino, Artoni promotes meeting on border workers and health

  Saturday 17 ottobre at the Villa Hussy library, Furio Artoni brings together citizens and Futuro Nazionale on cross-border workers, healthcare and businesses.

• Health insurers in Ticino: changing several times pays off

  The Axa analysis reveals 563 francs of savings at the first exchange rate of the health insurance fund and 633 in Ticino: comparison between subsequent exchange rates, age and Swiss cantons.

• Cross-border workers, M5S VCO asks for answers on NASpI and healthcare

  After the September 17 meeting in Rome, M5S VCO calls for a binding timetable on the healthcare contribution, NASpI and tax option.

• Closure of Erba maternity unit: League inquiry

  Eugenio Zoffili questions Minister Schillaci and calls for technical working groups and exemptions to keep the Erba maternity unit operational.

• CGIL asks Piedmont for a health tax solution

  The health tax has been in force for two and a half years without implementing decrees; 2026 refunds rose from 89 to 108 million euros and the presidency of the Regio Insubrica passed to Piedmont, with an inter-ministerial table scheduled for early November.

• Health insurance premiums: the PLR proposes a cantonal strategy

  The PLR calls for quarterly monitoring of healthcare costs after the 7.1% increase in premiums recorded in Ticino in 2026.

• Health insurance premiums 2027 in Ticino: question to the Government

  The Grand Councillors Censi and Genini present a question to the Council of State on the sick pay premiums 2027 and on the estimates of increase in Ticino.

• Del Ponte Hospital: no block for the third batch

  Asst Seven Lakes denies the blockade of the third lot of the Del Ponte Hospital of Varese. Loans of 13.6 million already in cash and work started.

• New €10,000 deductible for border workers from Casalzuigno

  The New Frontier Agreement in force since 2024 introduces a deductible of €10,000 for new residents in Italy working in Ticino.

• Sick pay premiums: +5% in 2027

  According to bonus.ch, LAMal premiums will increase by almost 5% in 2027, with peaks of up to 20%. Direct impact on border workers' paychecks.