27.01.2021

How to pay our health contributions if we do not work

From January 1, 2021, people who pay their mandatory health contributions themselves (for example, the long-term unemployed, who do not receive unemployment benefits and are not insured by the state, etc.) and are not registered as self-insured persons within the meaning of the Social Security Code insurance, they owe BGN 26 per month.

The change is related to the increase of the minimum insurance income from the beginning of this year, which is already BGN 650. According to the Health Insurance Act, the uninsured on other grounds are insured on income not less than half of the minimum monthly income for self-insured persons. . Thus, the health insurance contribution for them is calculated at the rate of 8% on not less than BGN 325 and not more than BGN 3000 per month.

Consultancy Center - Berkovitsa reminds that the deadline for payment of these contributions is the 25th of the month following the month to which they relate. The health contribution for the month of January 2021 must be paid no later than February 25, 2021. All those for whom there is an obligation to pay their own health insurance contributions shall submit to the NRA a declaration Form 7.

It is submitted electronically with a personal identification code /PIC/ to the NRA or QES through the portal for electronic services or in the office of the Revenue Agency at a permanent address, by the 25th day of the month following the month for which the obligation for payment of health insurance contributions. The sanction for failure to submit this declaration is from BGN 500 to BGN 1,000.

The health insurance rights of the citizens, which are insured at their own expense, are terminated if no more than three due monthly installments have been paid for a period of 36 months. The period is counted until the beginning of the month preceding the month in which the person seeks medical care paid for by the National Health Insurance Fund.

The suspended health insurance rights of the citizens are restored on condition that they pay all due health insurance contributions for the last 60 months. The rights are restored from the date of payment of all due health insurance contributions for this period.

Citizens can inquire about their health insurance status, as well as check the periods for which they lack health insurance contributions, through the electronic service of the NRA at www.nap.bg.

The clients of the administration can also make an inquiry about the health status by phone: 0700 18 700 (at a price according to the tariff of the respective operator). The service is automatic and requires only entering a PIN via the phone keypad. In addition, the system provides data for all months and years for which the compulsory health insurance contributions have not been paid. The health status certificate works by phone 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.