Questão jurídica principal
Whether a collective labor agreement may require an employee to take out health insurance with a designated insurer.
Decisão extraída
No. The employee retains the free choice of insurer under Art. 7 LAMal, and a collective agreement cannot override that principle.
Fundamentação extraída
The court treated the free choice of insurer as a fundamental rule of compulsory health insurance. A collective labor agreement cannot validly impose a contractual relationship with a particular health insurer.