Key legal question
May the insurer recover the premium balance after subsidies were wrongly deducted for 1999-2000?
Extracted holding
Yes. Once the cantonal subsidy had ended, the insured again owed the full premiums; the insurer had to recover the unpaid balance.
Extracted reasoning
Premium reduction under cantonal law is outside the insurer's decision-making competence. If a subsidy was mistakenly credited, the insurer suffers a loss and must pursue the outstanding premiums within limitation rules.