Hi all,

does anybody know if medical check-ups i.e. once a year or once every 2 years, are covered by the basic medical insurance (Grundverisherung) or one needs to have a supplementary insurance for this?
I read about the services provided by the basic insurance here
http://www.comparis.ch/krankenkassen...sicherung.aspx

and there is a chapter (8) on prevention, but my impression is it applies only in cases where the exam is justified by some prior history or other reasons..
I am talking about a normal precautionary check-up of a healthy person.
In case it is covered, I am also interested to know, if this should be prescribed by a doctor e.g. Hausarzt and what exams does it contain i.e. only blood tests, or also ultrasounds etc..?

If anyone can shed some light into this, I believe it will be a useful thread for many people.

Thanks a lot in advance

Because 'normal checkups' for healthy people are not considered an effective means of prevention, none of this is covered by basic insurance, just gyneacological cancer screening for women every 3 years and breast / colon (in some cases) cancer screening over the age of 50.