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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).
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(Score: 1) by anotherblackhat on Tuesday January 10 2017, @07:25PM
Prostitution has been legal in Germany since 2002
Technically true I suppose.
Some form of prostitution has always been legal in Germany.
Through it's history, the government has tried to regulate, tax, or otherwise interfere with prostitution, but has generally been unsuccessful, with the prostitutes taking a "fuck you" attitude.
In 2002 they removed some prohibitions on advertising, and otherwise promoting prostitution, in the vain hope it would changes things.
It didn't.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @07:32PM
Well of course they did. Isn't that their job?