Foreign student must pay compulsory health insurance premiums

ATA/6/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberJan 13, 1998Dismissed

Extracted by Omnilex

Omnilex summary

A foreign national who had been deregistered from the University of Geneva could not invoke that situation to avoid paying mandatory health insurance premiums. The court held that deregistration did not make the person comparable to any category of insured persons exempt from coverage, so the premium obligation remained in force.

Omnilex headnote

LAMal art. 85; compulsory health insurance premiums and exemption from coverage; a foreign student deregistered from the University of Geneva is not, by that fact alone, assimilated to any statutory category of persons exempt from mandatory insurance. The duty to pay premiums therefore persists unless a specific exemption ground is established.

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Descripteurs

ASSURANCE SOCIALE; AM; AFFILIATION; ASSURANCE OBLIGATOIRE; PRIME D'ASSURANCE; ASSUREUR-MALADIE; COUVERTURE; RESILIATION; ETAT ETRANGER; POURSUITE POUR DETTES; ASSU

Normes

LAMAL.85

Résumé

Un étranger exmatriculé de l'université de Genève ne peut refuser de payer ses primes d'assurance maladie, dès lors que cette situation ne lui permet pas d'être assimilé à l'une des catégories de personnes qui en sont dispensées.

Keywords

social insurancehealth insurancemandatory coveragepremiumexemptionforeign studentdebt enforcementresidence status

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether a deregistered foreign student is exempt from compulsory health insurance premiums.

Extracted holding

No. The person did not fall within any exempt category and therefore remained obliged to pay premiums.

Extracted reasoning

The student’s status after deregistration did not place him or her among the categories of persons exempt from mandatory health insurance coverage.

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