Kurt Hegetschweiler, Rob Stuart, Health Spot #2 - Accident Insurance

In our continuing exploration of the Swiss health care system, we invited Kurt Hegetschweiler from the NVC Neutral Insurance Centre to the show. Kurt's firm not only specializes in providing unbiased and unconflicted advice with regard to procuring insurance in Switzerland, but can be your English-speaking servicing firm as well (irrespective of whose insurance you end up buying). This is the time of year when one should contemplate one's health insurance as the deadline for a new or changed policy is the end of November! Get in touch with the NVC by calling or emailing them on info@nvc.ch.

Our film expert Rob Stuart talked to us about Northmen: A Viking Saga, directed by the Swiss film director Claudio Fäh. This is a Swiss production filmed in South Africa through German funds, and it's an action-packed suspense thriller set in medieval times with wild costumes and heavy weapons. Also worth seeing are Calvary starring Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly and Aiden Gillen; Gone Girl with Ben Affleck as a retired writer and Rosamund Pike a former child celebrity, directed by David Fincher; and The Judge with Robert Duvall, Robert Downey Jr., Vincent D'Onofrio, Leighton Meester and Billy Bob Thornton.

The English Show is proud to participate in Radio X's 'Gesundheitsspots'. This is a series of short public service announcements designed to demystify and simplify the listener's understanding of Swiss Health Insurance and Health Services in the listener's native language. This spot gives an overview over Swiss accident insurance. To listen to it again, click here.

This week's music reflected our theme of health care: we played songs with the word "doctor" in them:

Aretha Franklin - Dr. Feelgood

Devo - Dr. Detroit

Doobie Brothers - The Doctor

Murray Gold - Doctor Who Theme

Ray Charles - I Don't Need No Doctor

Robert Palmer - Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

The Beatles - Doctor Robert

The Rolling Stones - Dear Doctor

Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!

Van Halen - Somebody Get me a Doctor!