Social insurance subsidy rule violates federal law and equality

ATA/605/1997Cour de justice / Chambre administrative7 oct. 1997Modified

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Résumé Omnilex

The court reviewed Art. 19(1)(a) RALAMAL, which limited social insurance subsidies to insured persons with dependent children. It held that this condition contradicts the purpose and scope of Art. 65(1) LAMal and also creates an unjustified inequality of treatment under the Federal Constitution. The challenged requirement was therefore not allowed to stand.

Regeste Omnilex

Art. 65 al. 1 LAMal; art. 4 Cst. fed.; compatibility of a cantonal subsidy rule with federal law and equal treatment. A cantonal or implementing rule may not narrow the circle of beneficiaries of a federal subsidy scheme by adding a condition not supported by the federal statute. Where the supplementary criterion frustrates the statutory purpose and introduces a distinction between insured persons lacking sufficient objective justification, it violates the derogatory force of federal law and the constitutional principle of equal treatment (consid. not stated).

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Descripteurs

ASSURANCE SOCIALE; SUBVENTION; LEGALITE; EGALITE DE TRAITEMENT; FORCE DEROGATOIRE DU DROIT FEDERAL; ASAN

Normes

RALAMAL.19

Résumé

L'art. 19 al. 1 litt. a RALAMAL en tant qu'il exige des assurés qu'ils aient un (des) enfant (s) à charge viole le droit fédéral car il contredit le sens et le but poursuivi par l'art. 65 al. 1 LAMal. Cette distinction crée aussi une inégalité de traitement contraire à l'art. 4 Cst. féd.

Mots-clés

social insurancesubsidyequal treatmentfederal supremacydependency requirement

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Question juridique clé

Whether Art. 19(1)(a) RALAMAL may condition a subsidy on having dependent children.

Solution extraite

No. The child-dependency requirement conflicts with the purpose and meaning of Art. 65(1) LAMal.

Motifs extraits

The rule narrows the federal subsidy scheme in a way not supported by the federal statute and creates a discriminatory distinction between insured persons, contrary to equal treatment.

Question juridique clé

Whether the child-dependency requirement violates equality of treatment.

Solution extraite

Yes. The distinction lacks a sufficient objective justification and results in unequal treatment.

Motifs extraits

By privileging insured persons with dependent children, the regulation treats similarly situated insured persons differently without a permissible basis.

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