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Initiative «For a public health insurance»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Für eine öffentliche Krankenkasse»
Voting day 28.09.2014
Voting result Rejected (38.16% Yes votes and 4.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 586
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Social policy > Social security > Health and accident insurance
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Description by Année Politique Suisse Link (in German / French)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators SP, GPS, Patienten- und Konsumentenorganisationen
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 115,841
Time used to collect signatures 477 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 13.079
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 182 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (62 Yes, 132 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (12 Yes, 27 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
CSP
EVP
GPS
Lega
MCG
PdA
SPS
No
BDP
CVP
EDU
FDP
FPS
GLP
KVP
SVP
Free vote
SD
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 31.5% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
TravS
VPOD
Verband der Assistenz- und Oberärzte
No
eco
SGV
santésuisse Verband Schweizer Krankenversicherer
Curafutura
Spitalverband H+
Free vote
GDK
FMH (Verbindung Schweizer Ärztinnen und Ärzte)
Deviating party sections
Yes
CVP GE
CVP VD
Number of adverts in print media 610
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 10%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 305
Media coverage: tonality -1 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes Show all
Graphical campaign material for a No Show all
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (38.16% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (4.0 Yes, 19.0 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GL
GR
LU
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
GE
JU
NE
VD
Turnout 47.18%
Decree on voting result PDF (in German)
Result by canton, district and municipality Excel (in German)
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery Link (in German)
Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Display the map
Post-vote poll
Full analysis of post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Technical report PDF (in German)