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1 October 2026

Up to CHF 1,200 towards health insurance premiums – how the city plans to implement the initiative

Around 90,000 city residents would be able to apply for a yearly premium supplement. Cost: about CHF 60 million a year. The first payments would come in 2028 at the earliest.

City executive (Stadtrat) Whole city Social & health
16 September 2026

City parliament wants to scrap waiting periods for benefits and grants

People who have just moved to Zurich should not have to wait before they can get the city’s top-up to old-age and disability benefits or its education grants. The city parliament passed two motions against the city executive’s wishes.

City parliament (Gemeinderat) Whole city Social & health Diversity & integration Schools & children

Summaries of public documents of the City of Zurich and its parliament, written by an AI (Claude), with links to every original document. Not an official service of the City of Zurich. The original sources are authoritative.

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