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In Ungheni, one in four people is a pensioner. Who really pays for the pensions and the hospital

Moldova's pensions and healthcare ran nearly 67 billion lei through the system in 2025, and parliament reviewed the execution reports on Monday. Behind the announced 'surplus' lies an ever harder arithmetic: 1.18 workers support one pensioner, and the pension fund only stays afloat because 41% of the money comes from the state budget. An ageing, largely rural district like Ungheni — 19,709 pensioners and a population down by a fifth in a decade — feels this pressure more acutely than the average. And it is here that the trap of the unpaid health policy hits hardest.