Source: BUS Sachsen-Anhalt (Linie6PLus)
Apply for benefits for required sterilization
Description
The statutory health insurance companies cover the costs of sterilization if the procedure is medically necessary.
For women: If
- pregnancy would endanger their health.
In healthy men:
- If a pregnancy is expected to cause serious damage to the woman and at the same time the intervention of sterilization would be life-threatening for the woman.
In other cases, you bear the costs yourself.
The attending physicians decide in which cases there is a medical indication for sterilization.
- Electronic health card
None
You can appeal against the decision of the health insurance company. If the objection is not remedied, you can file a complaint with the competent social court.
Contact your health insurance company.
Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Equality
27.11.2020
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
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