October 11, 2025
Marc Leutenegger
From 2027 Switzerland’s health insurers will cover the full cost of abortions. The change passed through parliament almost unnoticed. Where does the country now stand in an international comparison?
“Cost-containment package 2”, the name of the bundle of measures approved by parliament in March 2025, did not suggest increased costs for Swiss health insurers. Quite the opposite. And no one would have expected a shift in direction on the controversial issue of abortion to be among those measures.