Moldovan government approves draft law on mandatory health insurances accounts for 2021

Chisinau, 30 November /MOLDPRES/ - The draft law on the mandatory health insurances accounts for 2021 was approved at a cabinet meeting today. The document will be submitted to parliament for consideration and approval.  

Under the document, the draft of the law on mandatory health insurances accounts for 2021 provides for revenues worth 11, 144, 097.3 thousand lei and expenses amounting to 11, 344, 097.3 thousand lei, with a deficit of 200,000 thousand lei, which is to be covered from the balance of financial means which is to be formed in late 2020.     

The draft law contains nine articles and four annexes. They refer to general indexes and sources of financing the mandatory health insurances accounts; composition of the revenues of the mandatory health insurances accounts; synthesis of the mandatory health insurances accounts on expenses; programmes of spending of the mandatory health insurances accounts.     

As compared to the sum approved for 2020, the revenues are forecast to increase by 2, 760, 705.1 thousand lei or by 32.9 per vent and the expenses of the mandatory health insurances accounts are estimated to grow by 2, 960, 705.1 thousand lei or by 35.3 per cent.  

The mandatory health insurances premiums in form of percentage contribution to salary and other rewards amount to about 5, 065.4 million lei, which represents a diminution by 139, 462.2 thousand lei, at the level of 97.3 per cent against the sum approved for 2020 or by 301, 937.8 thousand lei (+6.3 per vent) more against the sum specified for 2020.       

„As a result of the complicated economic and financial situation, which is reflected on the residents’ financial possibilities, by derogation from the aforementioned provisions, the draft provides for the preservation of the mandatory health insurances premiums both in form of percentage contribution (9 per cent) at the level of the years 2015-2020 and in form of fixed sum (4,056 lei) at the level of the years 2014-2020,’’ the document reads.