08.26.2015

Romania's government approved an emergency ordinance Wednesday raising wages of staff in the public healthcare sector by 25% as of October 1. more

08.09.2012

Charging healthcare contributions as a share of the national average wage for employees earning less will encourage illicit labor, layoffs and restrict the hiring of young graduates, especially in the more

07.03.2012

In vitro fertilization, plastic surgery after the age of 18, medical assistance at the workplace and certain recuperation and physiotherapy procedures will not be paid for from the national mandatory more

03.30.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu on Friday requested the country’s new healthcare bill be put up for public debate by the end of April to be further discussed in Parliament this more

02.17.2012

By the middle of this year, the Health Ministry will put up for public debate a new healthcare bill; as consultations with the public opinion are fully under way, so all options on the future more

02.01.2012

The Hungarian minority party UDMR, part of Romania’s ruling coalition, will ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve public wage and pension hikes in 2012 and oppose the enforcement of more

01.13.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu has called on the prime minister to withdraw the new healthcare bill, having seen that a large part of the public and of the healthcare system do not want it to more

01.09.2012

Romania’s ruling coalition will hold talks on the new healthcare bill on January 23 and will decide afterwards the steps that will be taken to pass the draft law into legislation. more

12.29.2011

Any authorized operator may provide emergency and first aid services, to allow for more sources of financing and apply the principles of regulated competition, says Romania's new healthcare bill, now more

12.29.2011

The Romanian Health Ministry will negotiate with pharmaceutical companies the number of patients to receive treatment using the money available for national healthcare programs, which currently use more

12.28.2011

Romanians who fail to pay their health insurance contribution will receive medical care only in emergency situations, in infectious disease cases and for illnesses included in the national more

12.28.2011

Romanian medical personnel is obligated to provide consultation only to someone previously accepted as a patient, but may not reject a person on grounds of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or more

12.28.2011

To join the Romanian social health insurance system, private insurers must be authorized by the Insurance Supervision Commission, must have signed up at least one million clients, with premiums worth more

12.28.2011

Romania's new healthcare bill, now up for public debate, introduces private health insurance houses and allows hospitals to operate as foundations or commercial companies. more

11.24.2011

Romanian president Traian Basescu said Thursday he hopes the country’s healthcare law is adopted as soon as possible, either by Parliament or through a confidence vote, saying the medical system is more