The Supervisory Boards of the National Social Insurance Institute and the National Health Insurance Fund are meeting in

The Supervisory Board of the National Social Insurance Institute is meeting in extraordinary session today at 12:00 to discuss the new version of the draft budget of the State Social Insurance for 2026.

Corrections were made to it after the unions, business and the government reached an agreement on the main parameters.

The new version does not envisage a two percentage point increase in the pension insurance contribution next year. The maximum insured income will be 2,300 euros instead of the previous 4,130 leva.

The average pension in 2026 is expected to reach 541.20 euros, compared to 498.61 euros in 2025.

The minimum insured income of the self-employed will be the same as the new minimum wage - 620 euros and 20 cents. The minimum and maximum daily amounts of unemployment benefits are maintained - 9.21 euros and 54.78 euros, respectively.

Pensions for employment granted until December 31, 2025, are updated from July 1 according to the Swiss rule, with an expected increase of between 7 and 8 percent. A new amount of the minimum pension for seniority and age has also been determined - 346.87 euros from July 1, 2026 for 2026. The pension ceiling remains at the level of 2025 and amounts to 1,738.40 euros.

The allowance for raising a child up to two years of age and for raising a child up to 8 years of age by the father (adoptive parent) increases from the current 780 leva to 460.17 euros.

In the event of non-use of pregnancy and childbirth leaves, the allowance increases from the current 50 to 75 percent of the allowance received during the leave; The amount of the social security contribution for the "Pensions" fund is being maintained for next year.

An increase in this contribution is planned by one percentage point, but starting from January 1, 2027, and by two percentage points - from January 1, 2028.

The total amount of revenues and transfers received for 2026 is expected to be nearly 15 billion and 300 million euros, including transfers received from the central budget of over 6.8 billion euros. As a percentage of the total expenses of the Public Health Insurance Fund, the transfer to cover the shortfall will increase from 42.7% in 2025 to 43% in 2026.

The Supervisory Board of the Health Insurance Fund will hold an extraordinary meeting to consider the updated draft of the health budget for 2026.

The health contribution will maintain its size of 8 percent. The 35 million euros set in the previous draft for financing salaries of medical staff in hospitals in remote areas will also remain.

Money for remuneration of young doctors is provided for in the draft state budget - 30 million euros, with which the Ministry of Health will finance a program to support doctors in their specialization.