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Initiative for a brake on healthcare costs

General information
Official title	Volksinitiative «Für tiefere Prämien – Kostenbremse im Gesundheitswesen (Kostenbremse-Initiative)»
Voting day	09.06.2024
Voting result	Rejected (37.23% Yes votes and 5.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº	668
Legal form	Popular initiative
Policy area	Social policy > Social security > Health and accident insurance Social policy > Health > Health policy
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	Die Mitte / CVP
Preliminary examination	PDF (in German)
Signatures	103,761
Time used to collect signatures	511 days
Success	PDF (in German)

Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch	PDF (in German)

Parliamentary phase
Item Nº	21.067
Parliamentary debate	PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings	688 days
Parliament's position	Reject
Position of the National Council	Reject (31 Yes, 110 No)
Position of the Council of States	Reject (14 Yes, 20 No)

Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure	PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council	Reject
Online information by the federal authorities	Link Federal Council Link federal office
Explainer video by easyvote	Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote	PDF (in German)
Campaign websites	Campaign for a Yes Link Campaign for a No Link 1 Link 2
Recommendations by parties	Yes EDU EVP Mitte No FDP GLP GPS MCG PdA SD SPS SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp	17.2% (Details)
Recommendations by others	Yes Santésuisse GLP Appenzellerland Gruppe für Innerrhoden PCSI JU JFDP NW No eco GDK KDK SGB SGV Diverse Organisationen von Leistungserbringer:innen im Gesundheitswesen (u.a. FMH VSAO pharmaSuisse H+ SBK Spitex Schweiz) Curafutura Schweizerische Patientenorganisation (SPO) Schweizerisches Konsumentenforum Schweizerischer Seniorenrat (SSR) CSP OW; Kantonsregierung AR Free vote SBV TravS
Deviating party sections	Yes GLP SZ Free vote FDP AR GPS GR GPS TG
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique	PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles	311
Media coverage: tonality	-7 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis	PDF / Link (in German)
Campaign finances	Link (in German)

Vote
Voting result	Rejected
People	Rejected (37.23% Yes votes)
Cantons	Rejected (5.0 Yes, 18.0 No) Rejected AG AI AR BE BL BS GE GL GR LU NW OW SG SH SO SZ TG UR VD ZG ZH Accepted FR JU NE TI VS
Turnout	45.37%
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery	Link (in German)
Popular votes dashboard by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office	Link
Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office	Display the map

Post-vote poll
Full analysis of post-vote poll results	PDF (in German)
Dataset of the post-vote poll	CSV
Codebook for the post-vote poll	Excel (in German)