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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.

• Cross-Border Workers, 'Health Tax' in Place by September

  Lombardy Region confirms the timeframe for the economic contribution that will support the salaries of healthcare personnel in border areas with Switzerland.

• Belgian driver caught after 20 hours of non-stop driving: Thurgau police intervene

  A Belgian driver was stopped after driving for nearly 20 hours straight. The police of the Canton of Thurgau took action.

• Lombardy Region: Increase Salaries for Doctors and Nurses in Border Areas with Switzerland

  The Lombardy Region introduces a regulation to increase the salaries of doctors and nurses in border areas with Switzerland. The measure aims to retain healthcare professionals on the Lombardy territory.

• Lombardy increases doctors' and nurses' salaries to stop the exodus to Switzerland

  As of September 2026, doctors and nurses in border areas with Switzerland will see increases of up to 10,000 euros gross per year. Lombardy is investing 45 million to retain healthcare personnel.

• 20% Increase for Cross-Border Doctors and Nurses

  Lombardy introduces a 20% increase for doctors and nurses working on the border with Switzerland, to counter the flight of healthcare personnel.

• 20% Increase for Doctors and Nurses at the Border

  Lombardy allocates 10,000 euros for doctors and 5,400 euros for nurses working in the border areas with Switzerland

• Cuasso al Monte: definitive closure of the cross-border workers' hospital

  After twenty years of debate, the cross-border workers' hospital in Cuasso al Monte is closing permanently. Services have been moved to the municipal building.

• Cross-border workers: motion approved for fair healthcare contribution

  Zocchi's (FdI) motion aims to make the healthcare contribution less burdensome and to distribute resources in the territories where cross-border workers reside.

• WHP awards 90 Ticino companies for workplace health

  ATS Insubria and Confindustria Varese recognize companies that promote health in the workplace with the WHP program

• Company hires drivers in Lombardy: 800 euros per month, then contract and 3000 euro bonus

  FNM Autoservizi is looking for new drivers with a paid training program and a 3000 euro sign-on bonus

• Home care, ball in the stands: urgent request rejected

  The Grand Council of Ticino has rejected the urgent request on the initiative that asked to remove the patients' share of the costs for home care.

• Home care: bills keep coming in Ticino

  The Ticino Parliament has rejected the urgency request to abolish the cost-sharing for home care. The measure remains in force.

• Advanced Practice Nurses: The new role in Ticino’s healthcare system

  The fourth edition of the Nursing Innovation and Research Day in Lugano highlighted the APN, a key figure in modernizing patient care at the bedside, with 60 professionals already locally trained.

• Delays in health insurance subsidies in Mendrisio: what cross-border workers risk

  Mendrisio is urging the Canton of Ticino to unblock payments for health insurance subsidies that have been delayed for months. Cross-border workers and residents risk missing insurance premium deadlines.

• Mendrisio: delays in health insurance subsidies leave residents struggling

  Mendrisio: unacceptable delays in the disbursement of health insurance premium subsidies, according to a question raised by councillor Robbiani. Residents have been left without answers for months, with insurance premiums on the rise.

• Health insurance subsidies in Mendrisio: unacceptable delays for cross-border workers

  In Mendrisio, the Municipal Council is under fire: delays of up to May for health insurance subsidies. Councillor Robbiani is demanding explanations and extraordinary measures for affected families.

• Ticino health insurance funds: 61 million francs less for Lugano and Bellinzona

  The two cantonal initiatives will cost Ticino’s municipalities 61.4 million francs. Lugano faces a shortfall of 11-12 million francs if the abolition of imputed rental value comes into effect.

• Deprexis to be reimbursed by health insurers: what changes for cross-border workers and Ticino

  From 1 July 2026, the Deprexis app will be prescribable by doctors and reimbursed by health insurers. A digital tool for mild to moderate depression, but with limitations and doubts about its actual effectiveness.

• Health insurance premiums: full reform by 2029, first phase in 2027

  The Ticino Cantonal Government presents the programme for implementing the two popular initiatives on health insurance premiums. An annual cost of CHF 61.4 million from 2027, funded through savings and revenue. Gradual rollout until 2029.

• Medical cannabis: health insurers block reimbursements in Ticino

  Ticino patients undergoing approved therapies lose health insurance coverage. Only 11% of reported treatments are reimbursed, according to federal data.

• Ticino and Campione d’Italia: the Joint Commission reviews services

  Norman Gobbi chairs the annual meeting with Campione d’Italia. Ticino’s services, waste management and healthcare take centre stage in the discussion. Municipal elections on the horizon.

• Cross-border health tax: Lombardy stands alone, Ticino threatens retaliation

  Lombardy is the only Italian region pushing for the implementation of the 'cross-border health tax' for frontier workers, which came into force 27 months ago but has never been applied. The Canton of Ticino has threatened to reduce reimbursements in response.

• New Director for Bellinzona's Social Services

  Federica Giudici has been appointed as the new director of Bellinzona's Social Services

• Protest Against Home Care Costs

  Saturday, April 18, demonstration in Piazza in Bellinzona against the introduction of costs for home care.