In accordance with Article 4 of the German Social Security Code, you have a right to necessary measures for the protection, maintenance, improvement and restoration of your health and capabilities, as well as to economic security during illness or when you have a reduced ability to work, as long as you are insured within the social insurance security system.
Rehabilitation became an obligatory provision for the statutory health insurance providers according to Article 20, Section 2 of the German Social Security Code when the health care reform of 2007 came into force. The original German term “Kur” (convalescence treatment) is no longer used in the new social jurisdiction.
The responsible coverage providers are in most cases the statutory health insurance providers (GKV) or the statutory pension scheme (GRV). Private health insurance companies (PKV) can also assume the costs for rehabilitation depending on their contractually agreed range of services. The responsibility for treatment depends on the goals of the rehabilitation and the insurance-related legal conditions.