{"id":2148,"date":"2026-01-08T16:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/?page_id=2148"},"modified":"2026-05-06T06:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:46:16","slug":"healthcare-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/rights-and-duties\/healthcare-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Social security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you are a recognized refugee (<strong>B permit<\/strong>), a temporarily admitted refugee (<strong>refugee F permit<\/strong>) or a temporarily admitted person (<strong>foreigner F permit<\/strong>) living or working in Switzerland you are subject to the Swiss social security system. In return, you are entitled to benefits just like Swiss citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social insurance protects you against risks whose financial consequences you cannot manage on your own, such as <strong>unemployment<\/strong> or <strong>disability<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also provides <strong>pensions for older people<\/strong>, and in certain cases, for <strong>surviving spouses<\/strong> or <strong>children<\/strong> if a spouse or parent dies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, your employer insures you against accidents and occupational diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Find out more about the social insurance on this website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsv.admin.ch\/en\/contributions-and-benefits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Overview of social security in Switzerland<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For a detailed overview over which insurance is available to beneficiaries of which status, please consult the information provided here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iiz.ch\/de\/fuer-die-praxis\/instrumente\/sozialversicherungsansprueche-von-fluechtlingen-und-vorlaeufig-aufgenommenen-personen-36#dokumente\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sozialversicherungsanspr\u00fcche von Fl\u00fcchtlingen und vorl\u00e4ufig aufgenommenen Personen | IIZ Interinstitutionelle Zusammenarbeit<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ch\/en\/insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Easy answers about life in Switzerland<\/a> for more information about all types of insurance coverage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arbeit.swiss\/secoalv\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">work.swiss<\/a> regarding unemployment insurance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a recognized refugee (B permit), a temporarily admitted refugee (refugee F permit) or a temporarily admitted person (foreigner F permit) living or working in Switzerland you are subject to the Swiss social security system. In return, you are entitled to benefits just like Swiss citizens. Social insurance protects you against risks whose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":563,"featured_media":0,"parent":165,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/563"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2148"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2997,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2148\/revisions\/2997"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}