Ageing Abroad: Health insurance for the Swiss Abroad
On 17 October 2023, the Consular Directorate of the FDFA, the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) and the Soliswiss Cooperative will jointly hold a webinar on the subject of health insurance for Swiss citizens abroad.
Watch the video recording of the webinar in German or French.
Here you can find the presentations shown during the webinar in German or French.
The webinar as part of the Consular Directorate's general project "Ageing Abroad" was aimed at Swiss nationals who are either planning to emigrate or are already abroad and want to spend their retirement abroad.
The webinar was intended to give Swiss nationals who have emigrated or are planning to emigrate an overview of the relevant topics and enable them to ask questions.
Experts from the Federal Office of Public Health FOPH, the OSA and Soliswiss provided specialist input and be available to answer your questions. The event was moderated by the consular directorate:
- Importance and challenges of health insurance?
- When may or must one remain insured in Switzerland?
- When can I be exempted from compulsory health insurance in Switzerland?
- As a pensioner in another European country, what applies?
- International insurance - what do I have to bear in mind?
- Returning to Switzerland - immediately covered by health insurance again?
- What support is offered by the Swiss representation, the OSA, Soliswiss, the offices?