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Federal popular initiative 'for a free choice of doctors and hospitals'

Status
Completed
Outcome
↩️ Withdrawn
Signature collection
1996-11-26 – 1998-05-26
Valid signatures
134,015
Parliament recommendation
❌ Rejet de l'initiative
Federal Council recommendation
❌ Rejet de l'initiative
Form
Federal popular initiative (specific draft)
Constitutional article
Art. 34bis, 3e al. (nouveau)

Initiative text

La constitution fédérale est complétée comme suit:

Art. 34bis, 3e al.(nouveau)

3Dans les domaines maladie et accidents, les assurances de base obligatoires donnent droit aux patients, dans toute la Suisse:

  1. au libre choix du médecin et de l'établissement hospitalier;
  2. à la couverture des coûts.

Timeline

Signatures by canton

Geodata © swisstopo

CantonSubmittedValid Invalid Share of population (%)
Zurich 25,755 25,647 108 2.17
Bern 23,143 22,740 403 2.42
Lucerne 8,209 8,209 0 2.39
Uri 356 356 0 1.0
Schwyz 2,220 2,140 80 1.71
Obwalden 619 619 0 1.94
Nidwalden 488 486 2 1.31
Glarus 545 524 21 1.35
Zug 2,370 2,173 197 2.29
Fribourg 3,137 3,137 0 1.36
Solothurn 5,343 5,337 6 2.21
Basel Stadt 7,153 7,153 0 3.71
Basel Landschaft 7,172 7,068 104 2.77
Schaffhausen 1,040 1,040 0 1.41
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 743 743 0 1.38
Appenzell Innerrhoden 116 116 0 0.78
St Gallen 5,565 5,565 0 1.25
Graubünden 2,229 2,229 0 1.2
Aargau 6,762 6,760 2 1.27
Thurgau 2,735 2,707 28 1.2
Ticino 14,229 14,141 88 4.63
Vaud 7,330 7,327 3 1.2
Valais 2,601 2,553 48 0.93
Neuchâtel 1,819 1,819 0 1.1
Geneva 2,854 2,854 0 0.72
Jura 572 572 0 0.83
Switzerland 135,105 134,015 1,090 1.89

Population estimates: Federal Statistical Office / HSSO

Federal data from the Federal Chancellery via LINDAS

Canton populations from the Federal Statistical Office and the Historical Statistics of Switzerland (HSSO)

Cantonal registers