Facts
[A.], a French national domiciled in France, started a salaried gainful activity in Switzerland as of June 19, 2014. The Health Insurance Service of the Canton of Geneva (SAM) informed her of the procedures for exercising the right of option between affiliation to Swiss health insurance and French health coverage. As she did not provide the form attesting to her affiliation in France to the general health insurance scheme, [A.] was automatically affiliated to the compulsory Swiss health care insurance as of January 1, 2015. [A.] contested this decision, arguing that she was covered by private health insurance in the United Kingdom.Considerations
The Federal Tribunal dismissed A.'s appeal. The Court considered that the right of option constitutes an exception to the principle of lex loci laboris and the principle of the unity of the applicable law, and that it is up to France to determine the conditions under which cross-border workers residing on its territory and wishing to exercise their right of option can affiliate to the "health insurance" branch of the French social security system. As France has reorganized the right of option as of June 1, 2014 to require cross-border workers to affiliate to the general health insurance scheme (CMU), the Swiss authorities cannot…