CNAS Insurance - how does it work? - Romania forum

CNAS Insurance - how does it work?

Robin & Sue Active member

Member since 18 June 2010

Robin & SueActive member26 February 2019 15:34:33

Hi. I've obtained CNAS Insurance for Robin due to a series of unfortunate illnesses culminating in a week in the TB hospital, all paid for in cash. We now have endless prescriptions, some of which are for ridiculously expensive inhalers - 135.00 lei each. The chemist says we can get the money back. The CNAS website is useless. Can we get money back for prescriptions, if so how & since we've paid his insurance at ANAF (the doctor took the receipt etc to CNAS for me),how on earth do I renew the insurance? It's been 3 months & we haven't received the card or scratty bit of paper through the post yet to say he's insured.

acle Member

Member since 21 October 2017

acleMember07 March 2019 18:53:17

You have to have a contract with ANAF (Romanian HMRC) throughout you pay for CNSAS (Romanian NHS) medical insurance. Once you are insured, you go your medic de familie (GP) from witch you get a discounted (up to 100%) medical prescription. It is unlikely to get the money back once you bought it in advance.