EUROPEAN REGULATIONS ON SOCIAL SECURITY, COORDINATION INSTRUMENTS FOR COORDINATION OF THE HEALTH CARE REIMBURSEMENT IN THE UE

Abstract

Sickness benefits, namely medical care, medicines, hospitalization, certain benefits for people dependent of medical care as well as direct payments aimed to repay their cost will be in accordance with European Regulations, that is Regulation EC no. 883/2004 on coordination of social security systems and it’s implementing Regulation no. 987/2009. In order for the persons insured in the Romanian health insurance system to benefit from medical treatment within the Member State EU/EEA , they have to respect the conditions imposed by the European Regulations. As a result, they can receive medical treatment in Member States of EU/EEA using form S2, the extent of cumulatively compliance with certain conditions expressly provided in the regulations. The prior consent of the competent national authority, in the case an insured person in the Romanian national health system benefits from medical treatment in another EU Member State, is a condition for the coverage of the expenses representing medical treatment rendered to that person on the territory of that EU state either at the level of the tariffs of the host state, or at the level of the Romanian tariffs. Keywords: regulation, insured person, medical treatment, sickness benefits, prior authorisation