title: [The current jurisdiction of the Federal Administrative Court concerning the public service employer's obligation within the scope of the Public Support Fund for Civil Servants].
abstract: Civil servants are entitled to a subsidy for their health insurance expenses provided the medical interventions are basically necessary and the amount of related expenses adequate. The definition of the borderline between accepted and unaccepted expenses for medical treatment is factually based on the criteria of evidence-based medicine. Accordingly, expenses are not refundable if incurred for treatments and medical products whose efficiency is doubtful or which generally lack scientific acceptance, though under narrowly defined conditions, even "outsider methods" might be approved of. Thus, the law governing these subsidies is more closely related to private insurance than to social security law.
authors.affiliation: Richter am Bundesverwaltungsgericht, Leipzig.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Groepper
mesh_terms: D004651:Employment; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*