Whether mandatory health insurance must cover breast implants after male-to-female sex reassignment as a medically necessary complementary treatment.
Coverage was denied because the insured did not show a medically relevant defect or functional/psychic impairment requiring the operation; the intervention was primarily for aesthetic improvement.
In gender dysphoria cases, complementary interventions to modify secondary sexual characteristics may be covered only if they are part of a global therapeutic plan and are effective, appropriate, and economical. Here, the lower court found that hormone treatment had already produced a feminine chest appearance, and the appellant did not demonstrate arbitrary fact-finding or a medically relevant deficiency.