Adjusting the artists' social insurance subsidy for health and long-term care insurance

As a self-employed artist or journalist, you are entitled to subsidies from the Artists' Social Security Fund under certain conditions. The subsidies relate to the contributions for your private or voluntary statutory health and long-term care insurance.

You may be entitled to these subsidies if you:

• are subject to compulsory insurance via the Künstlersozialkasse and
  
  • are exempt from statutory health and long-term care insurance or
  • do not have access to statutory insurance.

The amount of your subsidy depends, among other things, on the amount of your contributions to your

• private or
• voluntary statutory health and long-term care insurance.

The insurance companies determine the amount of the contributions.

The Künstlersozialkasse needs up-to-date information about your contributions to these insurances. Otherwise, the Künstlersozialkasse may calculate the amount of your provisional subsidy incorrectly.

When the Künstlersozialkasse issues its final annual statement of your subsidy, there may be additional payments or reclaims. By reporting the current information, you can avoid particularly high reclaims or additional payments.

Requirements

• You are currently entitled to a subsidy from the Künstlersozialkasse.
• The contributions for your private or voluntary statutory insurance have changed.

What documents do I need?

• Copy of the notification of the new contribution amount of your private or voluntary statutory health and long-term care insurance.
  

  You will receive the notification from the respective insurance company.