Social assistance: Health assistance
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Schleswig-Holstein (Linie6Plus)
Service Description
Health assistance includes preventive services, assistance in the event of illness, assistance with family planning or assistance with sterilization.
Health assistance includes
- Preventive health assistance (preventive services),
- Assistance in the event of illness (medical treatment, alleviation of symptoms),
- Assistance with family planning during pregnancy and maternity as well as assistance with sterilization.
The Act on the Modernization of Statutory Health Insurance (GKV-Modernisierungsgesetz - GMG) has basically put all social welfare recipients without health insurance on an equal footing with those with statutory health insurance in terms of benefits with effect from 1 January 2004. They are now treated as "statutory health insurance patients". All social welfare recipients are now required to make co-payments within the limits of the statutory limits.
The remaining (short-term) social welfare recipients who do not have health insurance can continue to receive health assistance.
Teaser
Health assistance includes preventive services, assistance in the event of illness, assistance with family planning or assistance with sterilization.
Who should I contact?
Please contact the social welfare office of your district or city.
Legal basis
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.