07.08.2023

THE HEALTH CONTRIBUTION HAS GONE UP

From 1 August 2023, people who pay their own compulsory health contributions (e.g. long-term unemployed, who do not receive unemployment benefits and are not insured by the state, etc.) and are not registered as self-insured within the meaning of the Social Security Code, owe BGN 31.20 per month.

From the first day of August this year, the minimum monthly insurance income for self-insured persons has been increased, and it is now BGN 780. According to the Health Insurance Act, the uninsured for other reasons are insured on an income not less than half of the minimum monthly income for self-employed individuals. Thus, the health insurance contribution for them is calculated at the rate of 8% on a monthly insurance income of no less than BGN 390 and no more than BGN 3,400 per month, reports the NRA press center.

The deadline for making these contributions is until the 25th of the month following the month to which they refer, the NRA reminds. Legal interest is charged for payment that is not made on time. The health contribution for August 2023, which is already BGN 31.20, must be paid by September 25, 2023 at the latest, and the contribution for July, which should be paid by August 25, is in the amount of BGN 28.40

All those who are required to pay their own health insurance contributions must submit a declaration Form 7 to the NRA, the revenue agency also reminds. In the section "Health insurance" on the website of the revenue agency, there is also information on filling out and submitting declaration Form 7.

The form must be submitted by the 25th of the month following the month for which the obligation to pay the health insurance contributions arose in an office of the National Revenue Agency, by mail with return receipt or through the electronic service of the revenue agency "Acceptance of declaration form No. 7 "Data on the occurrence of an obligation to pay health insurance contributions", accessible by Personal Identification Code or QES. Information on completing and submitting declaration Form No. 7 and paying the health contributions can also be found on the YouTube channel of the National Revenue Agency, the website of the revenue agency or by phone: 0700 18 700; +359 2 9859 6801 at a price according to the tariff of the telephone operator.

The health insurance rights of citizens, who are insured at their own expense, are interrupted if more than three due monthly installments have not been paid in a period of 36 months. The period is counted until the beginning of the month preceding the month in which the person sought medical assistance paid by the National Health Insurance Fund.

Interrupted health insurance rights of citizens are restored on the condition that all due health insurance contributions for the last 60 months are paid. Entitlements are reinstated from the date of payment of all due health insurance contributions for that period. The contribution can be paid free of charge at the NRA office through the available POS terminals at all customer service workplaces.

Citizens can check their health insurance status, as well as check the periods for which they lack health insurance contributions, through the NRA electronic service, which is freely accessible on the NRA Portal.

Clients of the administration can also inquire about their health status by phone: 0700 18 700 (at a price according to the tariff of the relevant operator). The service is automatic and requires only the entry of the PIN via the phone's keyboard. It is possible that the application will also ask you to enter a 6-digit code set by it, the so-called "captcha", to verify that you are not a robot. In addition, the system also gives data for all months and years for which no payments have been made the mandatory health insurance contributions. The telephone health status inquiry works 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.