Medical

Health insurance is mandatory for everyone visiting or living in Germany.
When living in Germany you can either take our private (privaten Krankenversicherung – PKV) or public (gesetzliche Krankenversicherung – GKV) health insurance. Your choice will depend on your age, salary and employment status.
To know:

It is extremely difficult to change from Private to Public insurance. The other way around is no issue
Contributions for public depends on your salary, contributions for private depends on your risk profile (age and health). Private insurance become more expensive the older you get
Private insurance – you pay expenses out of your pocket and claim them back
Public insurance – your claim is submitted and paid by the company
Only civil servants, the self-employed, students and employees whose salary exceeds the annual income limit may take out private insurance. In 2021 and 2022, this limit will be EUR 64,350 gross per year. For employees, the employer pays half of the premium, but only up to the maximum rate of a statutory insured person. In 2021 and 2022 that is around 385 euros.

Resources on the web

An article from “How to Germany” about the different health insurance options
“Just Landed,” wrote an article about health insurance in Germany

Top up medical cover

You can top up your medical cover for example Dentist cover.
You can read more about it on the How To Germany Site. There is also a good article (German) from Focus about Zusatzversicherung

Tourist Health Cover (travel to Germany)

Tourist needs travel and medical insurance before they can apply for their Visa’s.
Some of the options are your medical aid or a company like TIC.
Please be aware of the requirements from the Embassy, not all credit card cover is accepted.
When you need cover for 6 to 12 months, you can look at Klemmer.