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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.

• Health coalition: 'Popular will trampled'

  The healthcare workers' coalition criticizes the National Council's decision not to reduce working hours and improve nurses' conditions.

• UIL FP protest at Varese hospital over parking and staff shortages

  UIL FP protests outside Varese hospital over insufficient parking and staff shortages, with grueling shifts for workers.

• Open-plan offices cause stress, not communication

  The open-plan office, often presented as an environment that fosters communication among colleagues, actually generates stress and discomfort.

• Dadò's plan for health insurers emerges

  Each initiative on health insurers follows its own path with separate funding measures. Fiorenzo Dadò's proposal.

• Ticino health insurers: initiatives may split

  The Ticino State Council presents a partial plan for health insurance initiatives, but parties propose to separate them.

• 25 years of medical emergencies: Mendrisiotto's SAM

  The Mendrisiotto Ambulance Service (S.A.M.) celebrated 25 years of activity.

• Varese hospitals: fewer beds, more specialization in 20 years

  Over the past two decades, the number of beds in Varese hospitals has decreased by 30-40%, with a more efficient but also more fragile care model.

• Crans-Montana bills reignite tensions with Rome

  The bills for the care provided in Switzerland to Italian victims of the Crans-Montana tragedy have reignited tensions between Rome and Bern.

• New headquarters for the Italian-Swiss Conservatory inaugurated

  Director Luca Medici emphasizes the importance of musical education to convey fundamental values.

• Family doctor reform: Sumai, the issue is organization and lack of professionals

  Antonio Magi, general secretary of Sumai-Assoprof, contests the idea of dependency of family doctors, highlighting organizational problems and lack of professionals.

• No more than 10% premiums, the data that halves costs

  The Ticino government integrates new data and reduces the initiative's costs to 130 million francs. De Pietro (SUPSI): 'More commitment in the socio-health sector'.

• Italian-Swiss relations: news and developments

  Geological discoveries, controversies over medical treatments and Swiss design at Milan's Fuorisalone. Here are the latest updates.

• Crans-Montana: who pays for the care of the Italians?

  The bills for the care of the three Italians injured in Crans-Montana have sparked controversy. Here's who should pay and how the system works.

• Doctors without permits in Switzerland: a worrying trend

  In 2022, 36 doctors were banned in Switzerland, but a third continued to practice. The cantonal fragmentation of controls facilitates these developments.

• Fiorenzo Dadò, His Three 'P's and the State's Role in Politics

  Fiorenzo Dadò, president of the OCST, discusses with Alain Buehler, head of the UDC group, the state's initiatives.

• Crans-Montana: Italian patient care bills and Italy's stance

  Italy reiterates that it will not pay the bills for the care of Italian patients hospitalized in Switzerland following the Crans-Montana fire.

• New tax for cross-border workers: 3% more to fund doctors' salaries

  From September 2026, cross-border workers in Lombardy will pay a 3% tax to fund salary increases for doctors and nurses.

• Healthcare costs for cross-border workers: UFAS clarifies the procedure

  The Federal Social Insurance Office explains how medical expenses for Italian cross-border workers injured in Switzerland are handled.

• 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.