The Minister of Health and Social Protection of the Republika Srpska (RS), Alen Seranic, said in Trebinje that the Government has made a decision to entrust the Health Insurance Fund with providing health insurance for all citizens who, after the lifting of the state of emergency, do not have a resolved status in this matter.
Seranic said that the Fund’s assessment is that about 15 percent of the insured are currently left without health insurance, which represents about 43,000 citizens of RS.
He added that the deadline for employers to finalize the health insurance status is July 31st.
“Those employers who have not paid contributions need to find a solution with the Tax Administration regarding the payment of arrears of contributions, and those persons who are entitled to health insurance, but do not realize it in terms of contributions, should go to the office of the Health Insurance Fund and check their status, ” Seranic told reporters.
He added that the Government is bringing an ”overpass” at the proposal of the Prime Minister, and reminded that the Government had insured all citizens in the RS within the framework of the emergency situation, which no one in the region had.
“All this was borne by the budget of RS with the Health Insurance Fund,” said Seranic.
He reminded that with 150 million BAM, health insurance was co-financed during the state of emergency.
Seranic asked everyone to resolve this issue within the stipulated time.
The Prime Minister of the RS Radovan Viskovic yesterdayasked the Ministry of Health and Social Protection to, in cooperation with the Health Insurance Fund, enable the citizens of the RS, who were left without health insurance after the lifting of the state of emergency, to use their rights in the field of health care for a transitional period by 60 days.
Viskovic requested a transitional period of up to 60 days so that citizens could comply with the obligations imposed by the Law on Health Care during that period, the Government Bureau for Public Relations announced.
On May 18th, the government of the RS abolished the state of emergency and passed a decree that repealed the previous one on the way of implementing measures to prevent and combat the coronavirus.
