Question juridique clé
Whether a spouse living in Solothurn and taxed separately has an individual right to cantonal premium reduction despite the other spouse residing in another canton.
Solution extraite
Yes. For premium reduction, the decisive factor is the claimant's own January 1 residence in Solothurn and separate taxation; jointly taxed spouses have a joint claim, so separately taxed spouses retain an individual claim unless a statutory exception applies.
Motifs extraits
Art. 8 VPVK and § 87 SG tie entitlement to the claimant's domicile on 1 January. The legislation contains no special rule making the husband's residence decisive when spouses live separately. § 87 Abs. 2 SG implies that joint taxation creates a joint claim, and by converse reasoning separate taxation creates individual claims. The only express exception concerns persons in education, which does not apply to spouses.