Questão jurídica principal
Whether mandatory health insurance must cover Ritalin for a non-approved indication (off-label use).
Decisão extraída
No coverage is owed because the drug was not prescribed for an approved indication and no exceptional off-label reimbursement ground was met.
Fundamentação extraída
Coverage of a listed medicine generally requires an approved medical indication. Off-label reimbursement is exceptional only for a necessary preparatory treatment complex or where no therapeutic alternatives exist. The lower court's finding that two therapeutic alternatives were available was binding, and the appellant did not show that these alternatives were ineffective, unreasonable, or unacceptable.