04.03.2022

HOW MUCH WILL THE UNEMPLOYED PAY FOR THE HEALTH CONTRIBUTION FROM APRIL 1?

From 1 April 2022, people who pay their compulsory 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 within the meaning of the Social Security Code , owe BGN 28.40 per month.

From the first day of April this year, the minimum monthly amount of the insurance income for the self-insured persons has been increased, as it is already BGN 710.

According to the Health Insurance Act, the uninsured on other grounds are insured on an income not less than half of the minimum monthly income for the self-insured. Thus, the health insurance contribution for them is calculated in the amount of 8% on a monthly insurance income of not less than BGN 355 and not more than BGN 3400 per month.

The deadline for paying these contributions is the 25th of the month following the month to which they relate, reminded by the NRA. The health contribution for April 2022 must be paid by May 25, 2022 at the latest.

All those for whom there is an obligation to pay their own health insurance contributions, submit to the NRA a declaration Form 7, reminded by the Revenue Agency. It is submitted electronically with a personal identification code (PIC) of 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 of the month following the month for which the obligation to payment of health insurance contributions. The sanction for not submitting this declaration is from BGN 500 to BGN 1,000.

The health insurance rights of the citizens, which are insured at their own expense, shall be suspended 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 sought medical care paid for by the National Health Insurance Fund. The suspended health insurance rights of the citizens are restored, provided 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, which is freely available on the NRA Portal.

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 the PIN via the phone keypad. In addition, the system provides data for all months and years for which the mandatory health insurance contributions have not been paid. The health status certificate is available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.