Spouses, Parents Of Romanian Healthcare System Contributors Still Insured – Health Min

The Romanian Government has approved an emergency ordinance whereby pensioners earning more than 740 lei (EUR1=RON4.3006) and people who took part in the 1989 revolution, except those who were wounded, will pay 5.5% of their income to the social health insurance system. First-degree relatives (spouse and parents) of an insured person, without their own sources of income, will continue to benefit from the system for free, said Health Minister Attila Cseke.

The ordinance, as discussed by the Government Monday evening, excluded the husband, wife and parents without their own income, who are in the care of an insured person, from the category of people receiving healthcare without paying a contribution. According to the Government, 937,000 people would have no longer been insured through the public healthcare system, as of January 1, 2011.

The ordinance has not been published in the Official Journal yet.