Gossip about IPS costs – tax cut in Schwyz makes Canton Zurich ugly
When it comes to treatment in intensive care units, Zurich relieves other cantons of a lot of work: around 20 percent of people who die in intensive care units in Zurich come from other cantons. Zurich does not receive any money for this from the cantons, reports «TeleZüri».
People from the Canton of Schwyz are also treated in Zurich. The fact that the canton of Schwyz recently has taxes from 150 to 120 percentage points pissed off the Zurich finance director Ernst Stocker. “I could also cut taxes if I had practically no hospital costs. But Zurich provides services for everyone. This is also important for people’s health, ”he says to“ TeleZüri ”. Zurich has spent 45 million francs on hospitals in the past two years because of Corona. Other cantons should participate in this. “If the other cantons can reduce taxes, they should be generous and compensate Zurich for these additional services,” says Stocker.
There is no connection between hospital treatment and taxes, the Office for Health and Social Affairs of the Canton of Schwyz told the broadcaster: “The reimbursement of inpatient hospital services is regulated via a nationwide uniform tariff system. If the treatment costs are not covered, it is not a problem of the tax rate, but of the tariff system. ” The Zurich finance director does not accept this argument. In an exceptional situation like the corona pandemic, you cannot simply refer to national tariffs, he believes.