Cantons accept deaths with black lists (Swiss Press Text 2019, by Dominik Balmer) - Swiss Press Award

SonntagsZeitung

Dominik Balmer

The article reveals that the ÖKK health insurance company refused to pay for (vital) medication for an HIV-positive man (who later developed AIDS). The man eventually died in Chur Hospital – partly because the ÖKK refused to pay. Background: The man was on the canton of Graubünden's blacklist of premium payers.