As the granddaughter moves to Switzerland in some fortnight I thought that the social system as it is European, would be the same as other European countries, which is more based on solidarity and hence considered as I heard from Americans as rather socialist. (I think for many Americans, we are all Socialists even the Liberals
).
I started in the time on the BBC messageboard a comparison between Europe and the US, with among others Tas Khan, who knows the American system. If I remember it well it all started with the price of "petrol"....and yes the Beveridge Report...
But what a surprize when I heard that in Switzerland one had to chose for a health insurance on the private market, with fixed prices depending on insurance for great risks or small risks. High monthly fees, surprizing for us here. And as I understand it there is no solidarity.
That means the female "cashier"? in the local market has to pay as much as the biggest earner of Switzerland....I suppose from my first research on official sites.
But at the other side, we here in Belgium have, outside France, one of the biggest % of our earnings for Social Security and one of the highest contributions of the employers too...and all is included...and there is solidarity between the rich and the poor...as I remember from the BBC board in Britain too?
I stop here for not losing my message when I introduce my many sites (sorry Priscilla, but I can't it all! summarize with my poor grasp of the English language)
Kind regards, Paul.
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