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In 2020 and 2021, the Confederation provided CHF 2.7 billion in funding for COVID-19 testing costs, double the amount it spent on vaccines. The testing costs assumed by the Confederation require a settlement procedure for compensating service providers such as doctors, pharmacies, laboratories and test centres efficiently and correctly. 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