Questione giuridica chiave
Whether compulsory health insurance had to reimburse the foreign Gamma Knife treatment
Decisione estratta
No reimbursement was due because the Swiss treatment options were appropriate and the medical reasons for treatment abroad were not sufficiently compelling.
Motivazione estratta
The court held that treatment of schwannomas was commonly performed in Switzerland according to widely recognized protocols; any advantage of the French center was only marginal and did not amount to a medical reason under the strict standard for foreign treatment.