Questão jurídica principal
Whether the insurer had to reimburse the costs of the Thailand cancer treatment under compulsory health insurance.
Decisão extraída
No reimbursement was owed because the treatment abroad was not an emergency and the insured could reasonably have returned to Switzerland for treatment.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 34 KVG and Art. 36 KVV allow foreign treatment coverage only in an emergency or when treatment cannot be provided in Switzerland. Here, the insured was travel-capable, no medical emergency existed, and Swiss treatment was available.