Romanian Health Insurance

One in ten Romanians has a private medical subscription, survey shows

Three quarters of Romanians take examinations or medical investigations once a year or less, while 1 percent are doing monthly check ups, revealed an online survey conducted by Mercury Research in 2011. Only 12 percent of Romanians over the age of 18 are subscribed to a private medical clinic, while 15 percent have a private health insurance.

Visits to the general practitioner/specialist/dentist
Most respondents visit their general practitioner at least once a year. The specialist doctor is visited by 62 percent of the respondents once a year or less. About 55 percent of the respondents go to the dentist once a year or less, while only 2 percent go on a monthly visit.

Private medical clinic
In Bucharest, over 26 percent of the people have a subscription to a private clinic, while the national average is 12 percent. At a national level, over 69 percent of the respondents mentioned that the employer is paying for their private subscription. 26 percent of those who didn't owe a subscription stated their intention to acquire one.

Private health care insurance
The private insurance is paid by 67 percent of respondents from their income, while for 30 percent the employers supports this cost. The average annual sum paid to the private insurer reached RON 1000. Regarding the insurers, 30 percent chose ING, 9 percent have a premium from AIG Life, while 7 percent got Omniasig.

The insurance system
77 percent of the respondents consider that seniors should not pay for a healthcare insurance, while 8 percent answered that minors and children should be covered, even if their parents don't pay insurance. However, 55 percent consider that the health care insurance should become a mandatory tax for everyone.

Romanian Health Insurance House under Ministry of Health ...

The Romanian Ministry of Health announced on 7 September 2011 that the government had approved an Emergency Ordinance regarding the new statute of the National Health Insurance House (CNAS). As a result, the CNAS will be coordinated by the Health Ministry, but it will keep its autonomy and control over the healthcare budget.

Same as before, the functioning statute of the CNAS will be approved by the government, but now also by the Ministry of Health. The approval of the Ministry of Health is also necessary for the statute of the county branches of health insurance houses.

The Emergency Ordinance establishes that the CNAS is allowed to organise public tenders, within its competence domain, and attend national tenders coordinated by the Ministry of Health for the acquisition of medicines and specific materials used in its activity. Moreover, the Ministry of Health will give its approval for documents such as the draft budget of the CNAS, budget revision, draft normative acts, and plan activity of the CNAS . The new provisions allow the CNAS to transmit to the Ministry of Finance the draft budget, and also the revision budget, for which the institution has to first obtain the approval of the Ministry of Health.

Also, the CNAS will submit quarterly or annual reports on its activity to the Ministry of Health. Cseke Attila, the former health minister, who resigned at the beginning of August, supported the idea of bringing the CNAS under the authority of the ministry.

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