Social/Politics
Romania To Punish Unfair Competition By Up To Five Years In Prison
Selling the results of experiments sent to the authorities to request authorization for pharmaceutical or chemical products may be punished by six months to five years in prison, under the R...
Patient-Medical Staff Conflicts To Be Settled Amicably By Special Commission - Bill
Conflicts between patients and medical staff will be settled amicably by a special commission, according to Romania’s new healthcare bill, which is up for public debate as of Wednesday.
Healthcare Bill: Emergency Care May Be Provided By Any Authorized Party
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...
Health Ministry, Pharmaceutical Companies To Negotiate Number Of Healthcare Program Patients - Bill
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 curren...
Hospitals May Operate As Foundations Or Corporates - Bill Draft
Hospitals may operate as foundations or commercial companies to attract extra financial resources, and their current administrators will be the new units’ founders or single shareholders, ac...
A Look Back On The First Year Of The IMF Precautionary Agreement
Romania sealed another two-year arrangement with the International Monetary Fund this spring, which it has so far treated as precautionary, as it has not drawn money from the amounts made av...
Romanians Who Fail To Pay Health Insurance Contributions To Receive Only Emergency Care - Bill
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 i...
Doctors May Not Reject Patients Over Ethnicity, Religion, Sexual Orientation
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 orient...
Insurers Need 1m Clients, Premiums Of EUR250M To Join Social Health Insurance System
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 premi...