Health · Healthcare & Policy · 7 hrs ago
7.5% of Swiss residents changed health insurers by the end of 2024
About 663,000 people in Switzerland changed health insurers by the end of 2024, equal to 7.5% of insured people.
The figure excludes around 327,000 customers who had to move after Supra and Easy Sana stopped operating.
People who switched saw their monthly premiums rise by an average of 9.90 francs in 2025, compared with 25.50 francs for those who stayed.
Some 28% to 67% of switchers, depending on age, paid less after changing insurers.
Switchers already tended to have lower premiums, and people with a high deductible were more likely to change than those with a low one.
Anyone planning to change basic insurance for 2027 must make sure their cancellation reaches their insurer by the end of November.
About 663,000 insured people in Switzerland changed health insurers by the end of 2024, equal to 7.5 percent of those insured.
The share was down from 8.4 percent the year before, according to the Federal Office of Public Health.
Adults who switched saw a smaller average monthly premium increase in 2025 than those who stayed with their insurer.
Switching rates varied by age and canton, with Jura recording the highest rate and Geneva, Zug and Basel-Stadt the lowest.
- Who
- About 663,000 people insured in Switzerland.
- What
- They changed health insurers by the end of 2024.
- When
- By the end of 2024.
- Where
- Switzerland.
- Why
- Not stated.
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8.4 percent of insured people changed health insurers.
7.5 percent of insured people, about 663,000 people, switched insurers.
Adults who switched saw an average monthly premium increase of 9.90 francs, compared with 25.50 francs for those who stayed.
- Share who switched
- 7.5 percent
- Number who switched
- About 663,000
- Previous year's switching share
- 8.4 percent
- Highest canton rate
- Jura, almost one in five insured people
- Lowest canton rates
- Geneva, Zug and Basel-Stadt