We have learned a couple of new things about having a baby in Switzerland:
1. When you have a child, your employer has to give you an extra amount in your salary each month (about $200). If you and your spouse are both employed, only 1 employer is required to pay it; this extra money lasts until your child is 18.
2. We will get a one-time 'gift' from the government when the child is born of approximately $800.
3. Health insurance really does seem to cover everything relating to having a baby - I recently heard from a woman that the hospital bill after her child was in the ICU for months amounted to over $100,000 - insurance covered it all.
Moral of the story - it's good to have a child in Switzerland: they seem to promote it! (But they don't necessarily promote marriage before having children - people wait until having a child to get married because a couple with no kids pays a lot more tax.)
1. When you have a child, your employer has to give you an extra amount in your salary each month (about $200). If you and your spouse are both employed, only 1 employer is required to pay it; this extra money lasts until your child is 18.
2. We will get a one-time 'gift' from the government when the child is born of approximately $800.
3. Health insurance really does seem to cover everything relating to having a baby - I recently heard from a woman that the hospital bill after her child was in the ICU for months amounted to over $100,000 - insurance covered it all.
Moral of the story - it's good to have a child in Switzerland: they seem to promote it! (But they don't necessarily promote marriage before having children - people wait until having a child to get married because a couple with no kids pays a lot more tax.)
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