Health insurance
Bulgaria: Minimum Wage Climbs To 933 Leva (€477) In 2024 Budget Approval
The National Assembly has given its nod to crucial financial amendments and budgets for the upcoming year, introducing significant changes to social security and health insurance provisions.
National Health Insurance Fund's 2024 Budget Clears Second Reading in Parliament
The National Assembly achieved a significant milestone on Monday as it greenlit the 2024 National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Budget Bill on its second reading. This crucial legislation outlines the financial blueprint for the NHIF in the coming year.
NHIF Deputy Governor Election Sparks Controversy in Parliament Amid Allegations
In a closely contested decision, Momchil Mavrov has secured the position of deputy governor at the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), having been nominated by the GERB-SDS party. The mandate for this role extends until November 30, 2028, following a vote of 103 MPs in favor and 83 against.
Law passed to transform top-up health insurance
The National Assembly has passed a bill that transforms supplementary health insurance, a flat-rate monthly payment that is voluntary but needed for most health services, into a mandatory contribution attached to regular health insurance premiums. From next year, the payments will no longer be collected by private insurers.
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Mandatory contribution to replace top-up health insurance
Following a furore after a private insurer announced a hike in the top-up health insurance premium, the government decided to scrap this voluntary but virtually essential type of insurance and replace it with a new mandatory contribution, taking private insurers out of the equation.
Outcry amid hike in top-up health insurance
An announcement of a major hike in the cost of top-up health insurance has caused an outcry in Slovenia and revived calls for ending this type of insurance, which is voluntary but required for virtually every type of health service bar emergency care and which is collected by private insurers.
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Health reform outlined
Slovenian Health Minister Danijel Bešič Loredan has presented the outlines of healthcare reform, announcing that Finland and Estonia will serve as models to create an effective, digitised and sustainable health system. Top-up health insurance is to be abolished in 2025.
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Gross insurance premiums up 2.5% to EUR 2.5bn in 2021
Ljubljana – The Slovenian insurance industry’s total gross premiums written in 2021 reached almost EUR 2.5 billion, up 2.5% over 2020, Statistics Office figures show. As much as EUR 1.9 billion came from physical persons and the remaining EUR 515 million from legal persons.
Bill passed to reduce wait times in healthcare
Ljubljana – The National Assembly has passed an emergency bill designed to tackle long wait times for health services by securing more money and prepare the system for a more sweeping reform that is to follow. The bill exposed a fault-line between the Left and the rest of the ruling coalition as the former is worried the law could undermine public healthcare.
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Health minister says action at primary level urgent
Ljubljana – An emergency law on healthcare that the government adopted this week will be fast-tracked through parliament, possibly as early as next week. Its goal is to calm down the situation in primary care and provide a realistic picture about the capacity of the healthcare system as a whole, Health Minister Danijel Bešič Loredan told the STA.