Text file: 2308.txt
author: Petka
downvotes: 2
end consideration date: 2012-03-07
id: '2308'
number comments: 10
number views: 13422
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: 'Response from the Ministry of Health

  According to the Health Care and Health Insurance Act (ZZVZZ), only an unemployed
  person is entitled to the difference up to the full value of the health care services
  covered by the state budget, and is also entitled to receive social assistance -
  provided that the above rights are not fully guaranteed by the compulsory health
  insurance (third and fourth paragraphs of Article 24 of the Law on Health Care and
  Health Insurance). This does not mean that the Republic of Slovenia pays a contribution
  for supplementary health insurance from the State budget to unemployed persons who
  are also entitled to social assistance, but only covers the difference up to the
  full value of the health services, if the unemployed person has benefited from the
  health service. However, under the current legislation (under the Health Insurance
  Act), an unemployed person who is not entitled to receive social assistance pays
  the supplementary health insurance premium himself.  The Act on Health Care and
  Health Insurance does not therefore provide for exemption from the payment of the
  supplementary health insurance premium, but provides for the care of the most socially
  deprived population by ensuring the coverage of the co-payments up to the full value
  of health care services at the expense of the budget of the Republic of Slovenia.
  Only socially deprived persons can be beneficiaries of the coverage of the difference
  up to the full value of health care services. The status of an unemployed person
  does not necessarily mean that the person has no income (e.g. he/she may receive
  unemployment benefits, benefits under a subcontract or other contract), but for
  persons who are socially deprived, the current legislation already provides for
  an appropriate solution. However, as a working group composed of representatives
  of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health is preparing new legislation
  on supplementary health insurance, we will forward the citizen''s proposal to this
  working group.'
response date: 2012-03-23
response due date: null
sent date: 2012-02-07
title: Exemption from supplementary health insurance premiums for unemployed persons
  registered with the Social Insurance Fund for the Unemployed and n
upvotes: 27
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/2308
