Federal audit finds Swiss hospitals fail to pass on discounts to patients

Despite being legally obliged to do so, doctors’ practices, hospitals and pharmacies do not always pass on discounts on medicines to health insurance funds and patients. This is the finding of the Swiss Federal Audit Office, which is calling on the federal government to make improvements. By law, doctors’ practices, hospitals and pharmacies are generally required to pass on any discounts they receive when purchasing medicines to health insurance funds. In an audit report published on Wednesday,…