Commission against ban on telephone advertising
Den Krankenkassen soll die Telefonwerbung nicht per Gesetz verboten werden. Die Gesundheitskommission des Ständerats hat eine Motion von Nationalrat Jacques-André Maire (SP/NE) mit acht zu vier Stimmen abgelehnt.
This was announced by the parliamentary services on Thursday. The majority of the Commission believes that a ban would be disproportionate and would be almost impossible to monitor. The law on unfair competition already provides a means of taking action against unwanted advertising calls of all kinds. The National Council approved the proposal last fall. Maire had argued that the self-regulation of telephone advertising introduced by health insurers was not working. The calls had not noticeably decreased, so the federal government had to take action with a ban. (SDA)
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