Moving hospitals under the management of local authorities andintroducing a maximum payment of 600 RON per year (co-payment) formedical services could create the premises for investments in thesepublic facilities, which are currently suffering from a lack offunding. The opposite is true of the private sector, which isseeing a major expansion this year, announcing plans for newhospitals, clinics and the opening of drugstores.
"Co-payment will bring order into the system and contribute toboosting revenues of health care service providers," says CristianIrimie, Secretary of State in the Health Ministry, attending the"How much should the state invest in Healthcare and where shouldprivate investors step in?" event organised by Ziarul Financiar inpartnership with Medlife, BRD Sogelease, TotalSoft, and OxigenPlus.
Almost 5 billion euros are in circulation in the healthcare system(the cumulated budgets of the National Health Insurance House andof the Health Ministry), with the biggest funds going tohospitals.
In addition to co-payment, other measures considered are aprospective raising of the contribution paid by the employee andthe employer for healthcare, and cutting the number of hospitalbeds.
"The system lives thanks to money pooled from 4.9 millioncontributors to the fund, but we have another 10 million insuredwho do not pay the contribution. A further 5 million do not pay, sothe health insurance fund, which accounts for 90% of a hospital'sbudget, has become insufficient," said Cristian Irimie, StateSecretary with the Health Ministry.
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