Duta said at the Mediafax talks about Health Reform conference Romania only has two or three options to fund its public healthcare system better, one of which would be to improve the quality of services and raise doctors’ wages to prevent them from seeking work abroad.
He added other possibilities would be to allot more money from the state budget to healthcare or increase social security contributions.
“Hungary has social security contributions of nearly 13%, Germany has 15.5%, and Romania only has 10.7%,” Duta said, adding Romania is not considering raising these contributions.
Duta also said the National Health Insurance House has amassed debts of EUR700,000 – 800,000 and reminded he warned last year that the institution might go bankrupt.