In the military: do not pay basic insurance premiums

Recruits and other service providers do not have to pay basic insurance premiums during the military period.

The premium exemption applies to people who have been on duty for more than 60 consecutive days. This applies to military and civilian service and also to civil defense.

These people are now subject to military insurance, so any bills must be submitted there.

Those affected must send the marching order to the health insurance company at least eight weeks before taking up duty.

Those who send in the marching order too late cause unnecessary trouble for the health insurance company. It will then offset wrongly paid premiums later (after the end of duty) with the new premium invoices (or refund them beforehand if necessary).

If the persons obliged to work are indented, they must request confirmation from the responsible army office (usually from the school command) that they are indented. They have to shoot the health insurance companycick? otherwise it will continue to send premium bills.

Only whole monthly premiums are taken into account for the premium exemption. If the service begins before the 15th of a month, the premium exemption applies from this month, otherwise from the following.

Overview of further information

If you do your military or civilian service in Switzerland, you cannot suspend additional insurance in addition to basic insurance. These policies just keep going during the military period. During this period, policyholders are obliged to continue paying the premium during the service. 

Anyone who has additionally opted for semi-private hospital coverage can of course also take advantage of this insurance if they are hospitalized. 

Conversely, this means that military insurance covers the costs of basic insurance. During a hospital stay, however, the general hospital department pays the costs. 

If you want to avoid any follow-up costs that may arise, you are well advised to find out about insurance coverage from the health insurance company in advance. 

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