MedLife: 200,000 insured people would make private hospitals profitable

Mihail Marcu, the chairman of MedLife, one of the main operators of private clinics that also owns the Life Memorial Hospital, says that in order to be profitable a 100-bed hospital should work with 150,000-200,000 people that have medical insurance, who should pay 20-30 euros each for insurance every month. “In countries like US, UK , Germany and Australia, the trend is for private hospitals to not have more than 100 beds. In Romania, the fee for service will undoubtedly remain the main payment method until the legislative ambiguities are addressed,” Marcu said.