Artists' social insurance; receipt of a suspension notice in the event of non-payment of contributions

If you do not pay your contributions to the Künstlersozialkasse on a regular basis, you will have to pay for your medical treatment yourself.

Street address

Gökerstraße 14
26384 Wilhelmshaven

Postal address

26380 Wilhelmshaven

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You are obliged to pay your monthly contributions to the statutory health and social care insurance - i.e. the social insurance contributions - to the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK) on time and in full.

If you do not pay your contributions on time and in full, this may result in the suspension of benefits from the statutory health and long-term care insurance. In this case, you will have to pay for almost all medical treatment yourself. There are only a few exceptions.

The benefits of the statutory health and long-term care insurance are suspended if

you are currently covered by statutory health or long-term care insurance through the KSK,
you have not paid your contributions to the statutory health and long-term care insurance for 2 months and
you still have at least one month's contributions in arrears 2 weeks after the suspension was announced by reminder.

Required Documents

No additional documentation is required.

The KSK checks daily whether you pay your contributions to the statutory health and long-term care insurance regularly and on time.

If you do not pay your contributions in full and on time, the KSK will send you a written reminder.
If you still do not pay your contributions in full, the KSK will check the amount of the arrears in contributions to statutory health insurance and social long-term care insurance separately.
If contributions are still outstanding after a further reminder, the so-called suspension reminder, you will receive a notice in which the suspension of benefits is determined.
The KSK will continue to check your contribution payments.
The health and long-term care insurance companies will again pay for your medical treatment as soon as you have
- the arrears in contributions and
- any reminder fees and surcharges for late payment.