Glossary - Health insurance

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• D
• E
• F
• G
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• A

  • Accident
  • Accident coverage
  • Administrative surcharge with splitting basic and supplemental insurance
  • Admission age
  • Admission age tariff
  • Advice centres for policyholders
  • Advisory service
  • Age level
  • Alternative insurance models
  • Alternative medicine in Switzerland

• B

  • Basic insurance
  • Basic insurance – benefits under mandatory health insurance (KVG/LAMal)
  • Benefit types
  • Benefits
  • Bonus insurance

• C

  • Cancel, compare and switch health insurance
  • Cancellation deadlines
  • Cancelling basic insurance
  • Cancelling supplemental insurance
  • Cantonal hospital list
  • Care providers
  • Care providers' obligation to provide information
  • Change of year
  • Child care service
  • Choice of doctor
  • Coinsurance in basic insurance
  • Collective discounts
  • Comparis Rating
  • Complementary medicine products
  • Contribution towards costs of hospital stay
  • Cross-border commuters
  • Current age and admission age
  • Current age tariff

• D

  • Daily sickness benefits
  • Debit Direct
  • Deductible (franchise)
  • Deductible for supplemental insurance
  • Dental and orthodontic treatment
  • Double insurance
  • Download letter templates

• E

  • Exemption from mandatory health insurance

• F

  • Family discounts
  • Family doctor model
  • Federal Accident Insurance Act (UVG)
  • Federal Office of Private Insurance (FOPI)
  • Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)
  • Federal offices and associations
  • Federal Social Insurance Office (FSIO)
  • Fee for service (FFS)
  • Financial Market Supervisory Authority
  • Flat-rate fee
  • Flex model
  • FOPH premiums
  • Foreigners not residing in Switzerland looking for insurance
  • Freedom to choose one's insurer

• G

  • Gatekeeper
  • General Conditions of Insurance (GCI)
  • Generic drugs – Medicines
  • Glasses and contact lenses
  • Groupe Mutuel
  • Guest insurance
  • Gym memberships

• H

  • Health centres
  • Health insurance
  • Health Insurance Act (KVG)
  • Health Insurance Benefits Ordinance
  • Health Insurance Ordinance
  • Health insurance provider
  • Health insurers' addresses
  • Health questionnaire
  • HMO
  • Homeopathy
  • Hospital with affiliated doctors
  • Hotel insurance

• I

  • Illness
  • Important legal information
  • Individual premium reduction in the cantons (IPR)
  • Inpatient services and treatment
  • Insurance application
  • Insurance classes
  • Insurance models
  • Insurance Policies Act (VVG)
  • Interim accident insurance
  • International coverage
  • Interns from abroad

• L

  • List of generic products
  • List of Medicines with Tariff (LMT)
  • List of pharmaceutical products payable by the policyholder (LPPV)
  • List of Pharmaceutical Specialties (SL)
  • LSV (direct debiting)

• M

  • Managed care models
  • Maternity
  • Medical expenses
  • Medication not covered under basic insurance

• N

  • New admission
  • New to Switzerland
  • Newcomers (immigrating to Switzerland)
  • No phone calls or house calls from comparis.ch
  • Non-payment of premiums

• O

  • One-time supplement – health insurance
  • Ordinance on Accident Insurance (UVV)
  • Other models
  • Out-of-pocket costs
  • Out-of-pocket expenses for basic insurance
  • Out-of-pocket expenses for supplemental hospital insurance
  • Outpatient services and treatment

• P

  • Permanent residence abroad
  • Premium
  • Premium calculator
  • Premium correction
  • Premium regions (basic health insurance)
  • Private ward

• Q

  • Qualifying period
  • Quote not displayed correctly?

• R

  • Region (family doctor)
  • Reservations / provisos / qualifications
  • Rooming-in
  • RVK Rück

• S

  • Santésuisse
  • Save on basic insurance
  • Savings potential
  • Savings tips
  • Second opinion
  • Semi-inpatient arrangements
  • Semi-private hospital ward
  • Small health insurance providers – Security?
  • Splitting basic and supplemental health insurance
  • Standard basic insurance
  • Students from abroad
  • Supplemental hospital insurance
  • Supplemental insurance
  • Suspension
  • Swiss Accident Insurance (SUVA)
  • Swiss pensioners with residence in an EU/EFTA country

• T

  • Tariff point value (dental tariff)
  • TarMed
  • Taxable assets
  • Taxable income
  • Telmed
  • Tiers garant
  • Tiers payant
  • Time-based fee
  • Tourists and guests to Switzerland looking for an insurance solution
  • Treatment

• V

  • VOC tax

• Y

  • Year of birth in supplemental insurance