Cantonal subsidy rule requiring dependent children violates federal law

ATA/643/1997Corte di giustizia / Camera amministrativa23 ott 1997Modified

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The Administrative Court found that Art. 19(1)(a) RALAMAL, to the extent it made subsidy eligibility depend on insured persons having dependent children, conflicted with federal law. In the court's view, this cantonal condition narrowed the statutory category of insured persons of modest means beyond what Art. 65(1) LAMal allows. The court also held that the distinction infringed equal treatment under the Federal Constitution.

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Art. 65 al. 1 LAMal; cantonal subsidy regulation may not narrow the federal category of insured persons of modest means by adding a condition such as the presence of dependent children; such a restriction violates the supremacy of federal law and, where it creates an unjustified distinction between insured persons, also Art. 4 Cst. fed. (consid. unspecified).

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Descripteurs

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

Normes

RALAMAL.19 al.1 litt.a

Résumé

Le TA a constaté que "l'art. 19 al. 1 litt. a RALMAL, en tant qu'il exige des assurés qu'ils aient un (des) enfant (s) à charge", viole le droit fédéral puisqu'en restreignant de la sorte la catégorie des assurés de "condition économique modeste", elle contredit le sens et le but poursuivi par l'art. 65 al. 1 LAMAL. Cette distinction crée également une inégalité de traitement contraire à l'art. 4 Cst. féd.

Parole chiave

social insurancesubsidylegalityequal treatmentsupremacy of federal law

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Questione giuridica chiave

Whether Art. 19(1)(a) RALAMAL, insofar as it requires insured persons to have dependent children, is compatible with federal law.

Decisione estratta

The provision is incompatible with Art. 65(1) LAMal because it unlawfully restricts the group of insured persons of modest means for subsidy purposes.

Motivazione estratta

The cantonal rule goes beyond the federal statute's purpose and sense by adding a condition not required by Art. 65(1) LAMal.

Questione giuridica chiave

Whether the same cantonal distinction violates the principle of equal treatment.

Decisione estratta

Yes. The distinction creates unequal treatment contrary to the Federal Constitution.

Motivazione estratta

By treating insured persons differently based on the presence of dependent children without sufficient justification, the rule breaches equality.

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