Moldovan mandatory health insurances accounts to exceed 5.8 billion lei in 2016

Chisinau, 18 May /MOLDPRES/ - The cabinet of ministers has approved the law on mandatory health insurances accounts for 2015, amounting to 5 billion 838.5 million lei in revenues and expenses.

As compared to 2015, the revenues of the mandatory health insurances accounts are scheduled to increase by 13.1 per cent and the spending – by 11 per cent. When working out the draft law, decision-takers took into account an average monthly nominal salary of 5,050 lei for 2016, a labour remuneration account of 36.2 billion lei, an inflation rate of 10.5 per cent, a Gross Domestic Product of 133.5 billion lei.  

The mandatory health insurance premium in form of percentage contribution was maintained at the level of 2015, 9 per cent, of which 4.5 is paid by the employer and 4.5 per cent – by the employee. The mandatory health insurance premium in form of fixed sum will stand at 4,056 lei in 2016. The revenues from the mandatory health insurance premiums for 2016 will account for 55.8 per cent of all the revenues of the mandatory health insurances accounts.   

The draft sees a 50-per cent increase in spending for compensated medication, rise in the volume of services for dialysis, additional means for purchasing costly consumables and extending other services incorporated in the one-off programme. Starting from 1 June, the salaries of the medical and sanitary public institutions are planned to be increased.    

(Reporter V. Bercu, editor L. Alcaza)