Wednesday, October 01, 2014
Swiss reject switch from private to state health insurance - Yahoo News
This "AFP" story by Joathan Fowler appeared on the Yahoo! News website:
"Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a plan for a seismic shift from the country's all-private health insurance system to a state-run scheme. Referendum results showed that almost 62 percent of voters had shot down a reform pushed by left-leaning parties which say the current private system is busting the budgets of ordinary residents. The results also underlined the national divisions over the hotly-contested issue as the country's German-speaking regions voted against the plan, while their French-speaking counterparts were in favour."
