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

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209 articles on health and insurance, newest first.

• LAMal amendment: Uniform funding of services

  Discover the latest updates on the LAMal amendment and uniform funding of healthcare services in Switzerland

• Double Taxation of Cross-Border Workers: Concerns in Southern Graubünden

  New tax rules for cross-border workers cause concern and recruitment difficulties in specific sectors of Italian Graubünden, such as construction and healthcare.

• LAMal Premium Increase: Insurers Must Show Accounts

  The increase in LAMal premiums requires insurers to demonstrate their accounting.

• Change at the helm of Italy's Swiss embassy

  Ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado leaves Bern's diplomatic seat at the end of June 2026 after managing the Crans-Montana fire crisis.

• Cross-Border Worker Disparities: Tax Differences in Ticino

  Luino and Verbania, two neighboring regions with contrasting tax systems for cross-border workers.

• Fight cash sickness premiums

  Giuseppe Sergi, coordinator of the Movement for Socialism, talks about cash sickness premiums and cross-border workers' conditions

• Health tax for cross-border workers: PD and Forza Italia in talks

  PD regional councilor Samuele Astuti is willing to discuss the cross-border workers' health tax with Forza Italia

• Health insurance premiums: political agreement to implement initiatives

  The parliamentary commission decides to apply the initiatives on health insurance premiums without waiting for the definition of financial coverage

• App against depression reimbursed by health insurance: how it works

  From July 1st, 2026, the Deprexis app will be reimbursed by Swiss health insurers. Here's what changes for Ticino cross-border workers

• Lega Ticinesi proposes health fund for cross-border workers

  The Lega dei Ticinesi proposes to block the returns to finance an emergency health fund for residents of the Canton Ticino.

• Health tax chaos for cross-border workers in Luino and Verbania

  The Pd denounces disparities between cross-border workers in Luino and Verbania, with potential union appeals and constitutional doubts.

• Luino: Artoni seeks abolition of health tax for cross-border workers

  Mayoral candidate Furio Artoni denounces double taxation on cross-border workers and calls for the abolition of the health tax.

• Ticino: Health Insurance Initiatives' Implementation Dates Set for June

  The Grand Council will discuss the timelines for implementing healthcare initiatives in June. However, funding remains uncertain.

• Stop health tax for cross-border workers: Licata seeks national debate

  Councillor Licata opposes the new healthcare tax for 'historic' cross-border workers and calls for regional uniformity. Funds from the tax agreement to retain healthcare workers in Italy.

• Luino: Pd Criticizes Centrodestra Policies for Cross-Border Workers

  The Pd criticizes the centrodestra's fiscal and healthcare policies for cross-border workers.

• USZ director thanks dismissed whistleblower

  Monika Jänicke, director of USZ, expresses gratitude towards the former cardiac surgeon who reported irregularities at the clinic.

• LAMal or CMI: 2026 comparison

  Detailed analysis of costs and coverage between LAMal and CMI for Ticino cross-border workers. Find out which health insurance is best in 2026.

• LAMal: single data collection in Ticino

  New procedure for collecting insurance data in Ticino. Here's what changes for cross-border workers

• Healthcare professionals and LaMal: Canton Ticino's decisions

  Canton Ticino has made important decisions regarding access to LaMal for cross-border healthcare professionals.

• USZ director thanks dismissed whistleblower

  The director of Zurich University Hospital expresses gratitude to the dismissed whistleblower who reported irregularities in the cardiothoracic clinic

• 15-year-old breaks hospital windows in Como, reported by police

  A 15-year-old damaged the ticket office at Sant'Anna Hospital in San Fermo della Battaglia, Como, after demanding an appointment without booking.

• Arlotti requests tax-free allowance for cross-border workers

  San Marino's president asks for the restoration of the tax-free allowance for cross-border workers in Ticino. Here's what changes and what to do.

• Crans-Montana: three new hearings on New Year's fire

  Three new hearings scheduled next week for the New Year's fire in Crans-Montana, including two political figures.

• Health insurance: splitting is essential for cross-border workers

  The two popular initiatives on health insurance premiums in Ticino are being separated. Here's what changes for cross-border workers