Yesterday May 17th Swiss citizens voted in a referendum whether they wanted that Homeopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Phytotherapy, Anthroposophic Medicine and Neural Therapy was included in the basic health insurance.

The result was YES with 67% , non with 15%, and 18% undecided. The reasons why the political parties stand for non were the fact of that it will make increase the expense in health , and the monthly fees in insurances will increase. But in a survey made before the elections, 57% of people thought that complementary medicine are less expensive than conventional medicine.