Editing Berlin (section)

===Health insurance===
In Germany you need to have a health insurance by law. It can be very expensive. The easiest way to become insured is to have a job. If you're an employee, the insurance is withhold from your loan (15,5%) automatically, and you can enter the 'Gesetzliche Krankenkasse' (insurance by law), where a broad variety of treatments is covered. If you earn more than €52.200 a year, or you are not an employee, you'd have to sign up for a private health insurance, which have a fixed price per month (starting at €130).

A list with [http://www.gesetzlichekrankenkassen.de/preise/berlin/berlin.html 'Gesetzliche' insurances].

Some private health insurances can be found at:
* [http://www.deutscheinsurance.com/ Compare insurances]
* [http://www.aok.de/rheinland-hamburg/mitglied-werden/international-english-89909.php AOK]
* [http://www.hansemerkur.de/ HanseMerkur]
Note that you need to go to an agency office to sign up. You would probably also need to be checked by a doctor before the insurance company will take you in.

If you want to apply to [http://www.bmkb.de/ KSK] (you must be an artist legally here, they will help you with the price of your insurance, but there are a lot of rules you must follow), you can contact this woman: 
Ilka Lacherbauer
Medien und Künstler Beratung Ltd.
Tucholskystr. 35
10117 Berlin - Mitte
Fon.:     +49 30 -  75 00 86 00
e-mail:  info@bmkb.de or lacherbauer@bmkb.de