Under an emergency ordinance adopted in 2010, people with pensions above 740 lei (EUR168) paid 5.5% to the health insurance fund, as of January 1, 2011.
In March 2012, the Constitutional Court ruled that these contributions could be charged only for difference between the real value of the pension and RON740.
Although a Public Pension House official said at the time that the ruling would not be retroactive, Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced the new government would put forward a bill to refund the pensioners. (EUR1=RON4.4032)