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2.8% in 2022. 2.1% in 2023. These are the inflation rates of the last two years in Switzerland. Two difficult years, two years during which life has become increasingly expensive. Health insurance, energy, housing, groceries, and from this year also VAT. Blow after blow, purchasing power is evaporating, even that of middle-class families. A situation that worries Mister Prices more than ever. In September, Stefan Meierhans called a summit with consumer associations: they ask the economy and politics to weigh price increases and to carry out reforms more quickly. First and foremost in the health sector. The explosion of health insurance premiums is on everyone's lips. After the increase in 2023, another bloodbath this year. +8.7% in Switzerland, +10.5% in Ticino, the canton with the highest increase. And yet the premiums, which undermine the budget of all citizens, are not part of the basket that detects the increase. So how are citizens coping with this and a myriad of other increases? In Patti chiari the testimonies of two families who put increasingly hot bills and receipts on the table: in addition to health insurance, the blow to the mortgage, almost tripled, the increase in the cost of electricity, this year on average over 200 francs more per family, the increase in the shopping cart, more expensive by 3.3%, with peaks that exceed 20%. An increase, which relaunches the issue of cross-border purchases. In short, how much do these families have to shell out every month? Can they manage or do they have to tighten their belts? What do they give up to pay the bills? How do they see their future? Why don't salaries compensate for the increase in the cost of living? So many worries and so many questions that Mister Prezzi Stefan Meierhans and other guests will answer in the studio. RSI Info is the information channel of Italian Switzerland that helps you understand events through reliable information, the sharing of targeted insights and authoritative content. In addition to the normal flow of news, RSI Info keeps you updated on: consumers, territory, economy and finance, climate and environment, nature and animals, science and technology, politics, health, culture and entertainment, and integration. Follow RSI Info on: WEBSITE: https://www.rsi.ch/info/ PLAY: https://www.rsi.ch/play/tv FACEBOOK: / rsiinfo INSTAGRAM: / rsiinfo