Rates are rising and ... immediately lowered

Legislation Rules igry12-02-2010 rates are rising and ... immediately drop the Russian government decided to increase in 2011 premium rates companies paid for their employees, up to 32%, instead of the planned 34%. About this Feb. 11, said Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. The Minister said that deleted from future insurance rates are 2%, would have to go to the Health Insurance Fund. Legislation was envisaged that in future, the rate of contributions to the Mandatory Medical Insurance Fund would have to rise to 5.1%. However, the Russian Ministry of Finance proposes to leave it at the same level of 3,1%. The drop-down difference for Mandatory Medical Insurance Fund amounted to 230 billion rubles "- calculated Alexei Kudrin. Moreover, as noted by Russian news agency, Deputy Prime Minister Kudrin forgot to consult with the Health Ministry. Meanwhile, it is the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs of the Russian Federation and acted in his time with the initiative of replacing the single social tax with insurance premiums and raising their rates from 26 to 34%. "With us, any negotiations on the reduction of contributions to the Mandatory Medical Insurance Fund have been conducted. Now we are developing a bill for mandatory health insurance in view of previous settings "- complained in an interview with a representative of the Health Ministry Sophia Malyavina.