Tense starting position for the SP’s premium relief initiative
Published: Sunday, Jun 9th 2024, 04:50
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On Sunday (today), voters will decide on four federal proposals. While polls suggest a "yes" to the Electricity Act and a "no" to the Stop Compulsory Vaccination Initiative, the starting position for the Cost Brake Initiative and, above all, the Premium Relief Initiative is exciting.
The last surveys commissioned by SRG and Tamedia/"20 Minuten" showed a stalemate for the SP's initiative: 50% of respondents said they wanted to accept the initiative and 48% wanted to reject it. However, support for the initiative fell over the course of the campaign.
The SP initiative demands that all insured persons should have to pay a maximum of ten percent of their disposable income for premiums. If this proportion is higher, they should receive premium reductions. Two thirds of these reductions would have to be financed by the federal government and one third by the cantons.
The cost brake initiative of the center party was less well received around two weeks before the voting day. More than half of respondents wanted to reject it. The initiative calls for the federal government and cantons to take countermeasures if healthcare costs rise more than nominal wages to a certain extent and service providers have not taken measures themselves.
According to the polls, the starting position for the two other proposals is clear. The energy decree, which is intended to increase electricity production from hydro, solar and wind energy with a view to the energy transition and thus secure the electricity supply in winter and reduce dependence on foreign countries, is likely to be approved.
According to the surveys, the popular initiative "For freedom and physical integrity (stop compulsory vaccination initiative)", which was launched during the Covid-19 pandemic, has no chance. According to the surveys, only around a quarter of respondents would have wanted to accept it.
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