Anorexic sues health insurer over treatment

Anorexia sufferer Saskia van Ruiten took health insurance company Univé to court on Tuesday, demanding it pay the €150,000 cost of her treatment at a special clinic in Sweden.


Van Ruiten (32) has been anorexic since she was 11. Univé says there are enough alternative sources of treatment closer to home.

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