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Unions urge subsidies to reduce income gap

This content was published on Jan 6, 2015 The federation’s chief economist, Daniel Lampart, says premiums have nearly doubled in the past two decades and account for up to 14% of the monthly income of Swiss households. Insurance premiums should not exceed 10% of income, he said. At a traditional New Year’s press conference on Monday, Federation President Paul Rechsteiner warned that the…