Moldovan MPs vote laws on state social insurance, healthcare insurance in first reading

Chisinau, 17 June /MOLDPRES/-The draft law on state social insurance budget for 2016 was approved today by majority of votes, incomes amounting to 14.94 billion lei, increasing by 11.3 per cent against the 2015 budget and expenses worth 14.97 billion lei.

The draft sees maintaining state social insurance contribution at 29 per cent, of which the part paid by employer will be estimated at 23 per cent and the part paid by employee – 6 per cent.

More MPs said that while approving the state budget, the state social insurance budget and mandatory health insurance fund, other assumptions had been taken into account against those made public recently by the Economics Ministry, which could lead to revenue reduction. The three budgets for 2016 were built on a 1.5-per cent economic growth, 10.5-per cent inflation rate, whereas the Economics Ministry expects a 1-per cent increase, and the National Bank of Moldova forecasts a 7-per cent inflation rate.

The law on mandatory health insurance funds for 2016 was approved in the first reading by the parliament, with incomes and expenses worth 5 billion 838.5 million lei. It is forecast the increase in incomes of mandatory health insurance funds by 13.1 per cent and expenses by 11 per cent against 2015.

The premium of mandatory health insurance in form of contribution in percentage was maintained at the level of 2015 worth 9 per cent, of which 4.5 per cent is paid by employer and 4.5 per cent by employee. The premium of mandatory health insurance in a fixed amount for 2016 will be estimated at 4,056.0 lei. The incomes of mandatory health insurance premiums for 2016 are expected at 55.8 per cent of incomes of the mandatory health insurance funds.

The draft sees increase by 50 per cent of the expenses for compensated medicines, increase in hemodialysis services, additional means to purchase expensive consumables and extending other services incorporated into the unique programme. Also, it is expected to increase wages at the public medical institutions.

(Reporter V. Bercu, editor L. Alcază)