In important ways, the Swiss system resembles that of Massachusetts and PPACA. The Swiss have an individual mandate.
The Swiss system, developed by Fela, and the Austrian system, developed by Italy's Autostrade, are microwave-based, and relatively cheap.
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But conservatives will also find objectionable elements to the Swiss system.
Unfortunately, the strength of the currency was killing exports and destabilizing the Swiss financial system.
The Swiss banking system has thrived for decades on the back of secrecy it provides account holders.
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Finally, the Swiss have a comprehensive system of mandatory health insurance (sound familiar?) but they also require coverage for accidental injuries.
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They also voted out their reform-minded chairman in favour of a traditionalist, and on January 27th, voted down plans for a shared electronic-trading system with the Swiss-German Eurex exchange.
Eurex, an on-line system owned by Swiss and German exchanges, has whittled the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange's share of the German bund futures contract from 70% to 10%.
Switzerland's consumer-driven health care system points the way: The Swiss have universal coverage, spend 40% less and enjoy an excellent, private health care system.
While other countries are examining the Swiss model with a view to establishing a similar system of their own, the scheme's national co-ordinator Nicole Stutzmann issued a note of caution.
They stole information from a research version of a system made by ID Quantique, a Swiss firm that is trying to commercialise quantum cryptography, by taking advantage of synchronisation signals that pass between Alice and Bob.
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The Swiss are keen on typography, Michael explained, and a typographic system happens to be incredibly effective for something like a digital platform.
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WikiLeaks would serve as a kind of numbered Swiss bank account, where information could be anonymously exchanged. (The system would allow the source to impose a deadline on the reporter, after which the document would automatically appear on WikiLeaks.) Assange has been experimenting with other ideas, too.
The old legal system was also tossed out, and a new one based on the Swiss civil code was imposed.
With its elaborate system of narrow passes, viaducts and rock-hewn tunnels, the Swiss rail network has set the standard for more than a century, since its engineers first laid tracks up and down the steepest slopes and seemingly defied the impossible.
If the Swiss can live with four languages, if they can withstand the diversity of a federal system that delegates many powers to the cantonal level, we dare say it can afford more than one corporate-governance model too.
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The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank are today announcing coordinated actions to enhance their capacity to provide liquidity support to the global financial system.
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