Social solidarity (421,-666)

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• Judgment 1241

  
  74th Session, 1993
  World Health Organization
  Extracts: EN, FR
  Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

  Consideration 19

  Extract:

  The complainants object to the way of reckoning their premiums "the change the complainants object to is part of wider reforms the WHO made to put the scheme on a sounder financial footing over the long term. The Organization is right to pursue that aim by all suitable means at its disposal, and they include measures to ensure that, in keeping with the notion of mutual aid, everyone bears a fair share of costs."

  Keywords:

  amendment to the rules; budgetary reasons; contributions; illness; insurance; scale; social solidarity; written rule;
  

  Consideration 24

  Extract:

  The complainants object to the way of reckoning their premiums under the organization's health insurance scheme in accordance with an amendment to its rules. They allege breach of acquired rights. "The organization has not discriminated against them: far from it. Its purpose was to remove an unfair advantage the rules used to confer on them. Such corrective action may not be treated as breach of acquired rights even if the advantage was enjoyed for a long time."

  Keywords:

  acquired right; amendment to the rules; budgetary reasons; contributions; equal treatment; health insurance; illness; insurance; social solidarity; written rule;
  

  
  
  

• Judgment 1094

  
  70th Session, 1991
  European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
  Extracts: EN, FR
  Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

  Considerations 24-25

  Extract:

  Under Article 72 of the Staff Regulations governing officials and of the General Conditions of employment of the Agency the Director general is "empowered to do whatever is needed to make the [health] scheme workable and financially sound, provided that he abides by the provisions of the Staff Regulations, and the cost is shared between organisation and staff in line with the principle of solidarity. That is why it is a proper precaution to set maximum limits on the costs of some forms of treatment and to require prior permission in some cases." Setting the rate of refund at 100 per cent for certain forms of treatment, including confinement, does not bar maximum limits.

  Reference(s)

  Organization rules reference: ARTICLE 72 OF EUROCONTROL STAFF REGULATIONS
  
  

  Keywords:

  health insurance; illness; insurance; maximum limit; medical expenses; refund; social solidarity;