BeneFit PLUS Médecin de famille R3 or BeneFit PLUS Telmed?
Helsana offers both: BeneFit PLUS Médecin de famille R3 and BeneFit PLUS Telmed. They are available together in 42 premium regions, and the cheaper of the two is not the same everywhere.
The cheaper one is not the same everywhere
Across 42 premium regions where both are offered, BeneFit PLUS Médecin de famille R3 is cheaper in 0 and BeneFit PLUS Telmed in 38. The average gap between them is CHF 189.37 a year.
The gap is widest in Ticino — Region 1: CHF 360.00 a year.
What you accept in each case
BeneFit PLUS Médecin de famille R3 is a "Family doctor" model. BeneFit PLUS Telmed is a "Telemedicine and others" model.
- BeneFit PLUS Médecin de famille R3
Family doctor
You pick a family doctor and always go to them first.
- BeneFit PLUS Telmed
Telemedicine and others
You call a medical service before any consultation, or follow another pathway set by the insurer.
The comparison, region by region
- Aargau
- Appenzell Innerrhoden
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden
- Bern — Region 1
- Bern — Region 2
- Bern — Region 3
- Basel-Landschaft — Region 1
- Basel-Landschaft — Region 2
- Basel-Stadt
- Fribourg — Region 1
- Fribourg — Region 2
- Geneva
- Glarus
- Grisons — Region 1
- Grisons — Region 2
- Grisons — Region 3
- Jura
- Lucerne — Region 1
- Lucerne — Region 2
- Lucerne — Region 3
- Neuchâtel
- Nidwalden
- Obwalden
- St. Gallen — Region 1
- St. Gallen — Region 2
- St. Gallen — Region 3
- Schaffhausen — Region 1
- Schaffhausen — Region 2
- Solothurn
- Schwyz
- Thurgau
- Ticino — Region 1
- Ticino — Region 2
- Uri
- Vaud — Region 1
- Vaud — Region 2
- Valais — Region 1
- Valais — Region 2
- Zug
- Zurich — Region 1
An alternative model commits you to a care pathway: check the conditions with the insurer before signing. This page gives a price, not advice.
Source: Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), official premiums and territorial coverage areas.