Key legal question
Whether the insurer must cover costs of medical treatment performed abroad under compulsory health insurance.
Extracted holding
No reimbursement was owed because the treatment abroad was elective and no statutory exception to the territoriality principle applied.
Extracted reasoning
A foreign treatment is covered only in a medical emergency or when the treatment cannot be provided in Switzerland. The insured deliberately went abroad, a comparable therapy was available in Switzerland, and the shorter waiting time did not justify an exception.