Key legal question
Whether a non-listed drug must be reimbursed under mandatory health insurance because it is effective, appropriate, and economical.
Extracted holding
No. For medicines, the specialty list is exhaustive and binding; a non-listed drug is not covered merely because it may satisfy the medical criteria of Art. 32 LAMal.
Extracted reasoning
The legal system uses a positive list for drugs. Allowing case-by-case review outside the list would circumvent the statutory scheme and undermine legal certainty and equal treatment.