Health Minister Ladislau Ritli said next year’s budget may cover the needs of the public healthcare sector at least at the level of 2011. He added an allocation of 5-6% of GDP to healthcare would have been ideal, but the economy did not allow for it.
The minister also told lawmakers in the committees authorities are not planning any wage or staff cuts in the public healthcare sector next year.
The head of the National Health Insurance House, Lucian Duta, said all arrears in the healthcare sector will be paid by the end of the year and debts will not burden the Health ministry’s budget next year.
Lawmakers voted 20 to 17 to approve the ministry’s budget.