BBC reports "German Greens float sex prescriptions for disabled":
A spokeswoman for the Green Party in Germany has said disabled and seriously ill people should be able to claim back public money if they pay for sex. They would have to prove a medical need and show that they could not pay to visit sex workers otherwise. Elisabeth Scharfenberg, an MP, told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper that she "could imagine" local authorities paying for "sexual assistance". Prostitution has been legal in Germany since 2002.
[...] In the Netherlands it is already possible to claim the cost of sexual services as a medical expense.
German source. Here's a related segment from Vice if you have 17m22s to spare (it's primarily about Sensual Solutions).
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @04:44PM
...are usually outsourced to the lowest bidder.
Just something to think about before you get excited about this idea.
(Score: 3, Touché) by VLM on Tuesday January 10 2017, @06:48PM
Also the government gravy train attracts some fat and ugly cat ladies in general, so people are thinking it'll be $500/night pr0n star look alike hotties but being a government program the .gov will be charged a mere $1250/hr and the lady is going to literally be former postal service desk clerks, DMV clerks, etc. I mean sure technically there will be a hole there, somewhere, in that 600 pounds of 60 year old government employee cat lady. Also being .gov they'll be unfireable even if they kick you in the balls (or even if you want that and they won't, whatever, the point is customer service is likely to be lacking). Also with diversity training you can request a 25 year old athletic woman all you want, but when your number comes up you're getting a 50 year old fat dude instead.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday January 10 2017, @09:35PM
Will the sex worker file insurance claims? If yes, then the 'patient' receiving services only pays the co-pay and therefore doesn't care if the sex worker is the lowest bidder.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.