Kernrechtsfrage
Whether AHV pensioners can claim helplessness allowance based on life-practical assistance under the revised disability insurance rules
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The Federal Council stayed within its delegated powers by excluding the analogue application of the IV rule on life-practical assistance in the AHV context.
Extrahierte Begründung
Art. 43bis(5) AHVG grants a broad delegation. Legislative materials showed that the legislature intentionally did not extend the AHV helplessness allowance to life-practical assistance, and the differing treatment of AHV and IV insured persons is justified by the different insurance schemes.