Key legal question
Whether the Department of the Interior could set and modify the premium-reduction parameters for 2008.
Extracted holding
Yes. The Social Ordinance delegated authority to the department to adjust the parameters within the prescribed limits.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that §§ 68 and 70 SV expressly allowed the department to alter the reference premium and income thresholds according to available funds, and the cantonal council had not vetoed the delegation.