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Voters decide to cut benefits for the disabled

This content was published on Jun 17, 2007 The result was widely expected and comes as parliament considers plans to shore up the financing of the beleaguered insurance scheme. Nearly 60 per cent of voters came out in favour of annual spending cuts of about SFr500 million ($402 million) and a reduction by 20 per cent in the number of new beneficiaries each…