Health
# Illness
Do you need help quickly in a medical emergency? Or do you need assistance
with a difficult life situation? Here you will find information about services and
contact people for everything from doctors’ visits to emergency rescue to addiction
counselling.
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Wenn Sie für Ihre gesetzliche Krankenversicherung und die Pflegeversicherung zu hohe Beiträge gezahlt haben, können Sie bei Ihrer Krankenkasse eine Erstattung beantragen.If you are reduced in your earning capacity after an accident at work or due to an occupational disease, you will receive a pension from the statutory accident insurance.If you receive rehabilitation benefits from the pension insurance and your entitlement to continued payment of wages or salaries ends, then you could be entitled to transitional benefits.Your child had an accident at kindergarten or school and therefore has to be cared for by you at home? If so, you can receive child injury benefit under certain conditions.If you are employed and the first impairments or complaints appear, the German Pension Insurance offers you a free training program with elements on exercise, nutrition and stress management.Kosten für eine private Behandlung können Sie sich unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen von Ihrer gesetzlichen Krankenkasse erstatten lassen.Following a recognised accident at work or an occupational disease, you can claim reimbursement for related travel and transportation expenses.
These Assistance Services support you in exercising your rights and fulfilling your duties in the European internal market.
The National Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare, EU-PATIENTEN.DE, is there to answer your questions about cross-border healthcare free of charge and in a competitively neutral way.The European Consumer Centre (ECC) Germany is your contact point if you have any questions about your rights in Europe or have a dispute with a company based in another EU country, Iceland or Norway. We will help all consumers free of charge.