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Germany -and especially Berlin - is really becoming a mecca for expat artists of all kinds. The booming scene and what is seen as a city with a relatively low cost of living make it attractive!
These artists still have to get health insured, though! And many don麓t have a lot of spare cash!!!
So, what can you do?
Well, since 1983 there has been the so-called "K眉nstlersozialkasse ", an organisation which helps ensure affordable public health insurance for certain professions but with strict criteria.
The KSK itself is not a health insurer (Krankenkasse ) but you submit your application directly to them. If successful ( but it can take many months and there is no guarantee of acceptance ), a freelance/self-employed artist is actually treated as an employee (!!) and so is guaranteed access to one of over 200 public Kassen - with the KSK paying around half of your statutory contribution!
This is also interesting for non-EU citizens who otherwise wouldn麓t usually have access to public health insurance.
The price depends on your income as is always the case with public insurance.
However: one downside is being part of the public system also means having to pay nearly 10% of your gross earnings into the national pension plan..which may end up being more expensive than just taking out a private health insurance plan if you麓re not intending to stay very long term!
Bear in mind, though, it can take many months (6-8 sometimes ) to get accepted so you have to have some kind of legal health insurance running before acceptance!