Sovereign in favor of lower healthcare costs according to survey
Published: Monday, Mar 4th 2024, 21:40
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The electorate apparently wants to relieve the burden of healthcare costs on their wallets. The premium relief initiative and the cost brake initiative are currently meeting with approval from the electorate in the run-up to the federal vote in June, as a survey shows.
The popular initiative "Maximum 10 percent of income for health insurance premiums (premium relief initiative)" is supported by 64 percent of voters, according to a survey published on Monday by Tamedia and 20Minuten.
Among young people up to the age of 34, 42% say yes and 22% say rather yes. Among the over-65s, the figures are 50% and 22% respectively. The lowest proportion of Yes voters is 43% among FDP voters, and the highest among SP supporters, from whom the initiative originated. Here, 88% say yes or rather yes.
Another yes on the horizon
The popular initiative "For lower premiums - cost brake in the healthcare system (cost brake initiative)" launched by the center party was well received by 72% of the electorate: at the time of the survey, 37% would have said yes, 35% rather yes.
Here, the differences by party affiliation are markedly smaller. According to the survey, 67% of FDP supporters and 71% of SP sympathizers are in favour. The GLP, the Greens and the SVP are in between. And among centrist party initiators, approval is highest at 81%.
No age gap
The survey also revealed that there were no major differences in this proposal based on settlement type and age. There were also no significant differences in terms of education, with 68% of those with a university education being the least likely to approve and 77% of those with a compulsory school-leaving certificate being the most likely.
On June 9, the electorate will vote on four proposals at the ballot box. In addition to the two popular initiatives to reduce the premium burden mentioned above, the referendum against the energy decree will also be put to the vote. The fourth proposal is the "Stop compulsory vaccination" initiative.
30,384 people from all over Switzerland took part in the survey from February 29 to March 3. It was conducted as part of the follow-up survey by 20 Minuten and Tamedia on the federal votes on March 3, 2024. The survey was conducted in collaboration with the Leewas research institute. The margin of error is 1.6 percentage points.
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