site.btaGovernment Okays 2026 Health Insurance Budget Bill

The government approved the 2026 National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Budget Bill on Thursday, the Council of Ministers press service reported. The proposed legislation must pass in the National Assembly to become a law.

The bill envisages EUR 5,571,998,400 in revenues and transfers to the NHIF budget next year. Revenues alone are projected at EUR 5,196,424,800, including EUR 3,177,034,800 in health insurance contributions and EUR 2,019,390,000 in transfers for health insurance.

Expenditures will total EUR 5,571,998,400 (equalling revenues plus transfers).

The revenue and expenditure sides of the NHIF budget for 2026 are both increasing by EUR 727,652,900, or 15%, compared with the budget for 2025.

On the expenditure side, health insurance payments are set at EUR 4,985,168,900, increasing by EUR 448,026,700, or 9.9%, from last year.

A new item in the annual scheme is an EUR 260 million allocation from the state budget, which will be used to pay for activities of medical treatment facilities under Article 80b, Paragraph 1 of the Medical Treatment Facilities Act.

In 2026, the Health Ministry will transfer EUR 98,717,500 to the NHIF budget in monthly installments intended to pay for activities beyond the scope of compulsory health insurance.

The 2026 NHIF Budget Bill has been compiled in keeping with the budgetary framework, based on the assumption that the health insurance contribution rate will remain at the current 8%. The proposed budget parameters will create a stable financial framework for the functioning of the health insurance system, the government says.