Health insurance helps students develop comprehensively

Quynh Nhai Social Insurance officers promote health insurance for students to parents.

During the last school year, 223,443 students were examined and treated by health insurance for inpatients and outpatients at medical examination and treatment facilities, with a total of 18.07 billion VND. Many cases of students who were sick or ill were paid hundreds of millions of VND by the Health Insurance Fund, helping their families overcome financial difficulties and stabilize their lives. Typically, Pham Thanh Huyen, a student at To Hieu High School, was treated for nearly a month at Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, and was paid nearly 189 million VND by the Health Insurance Fund; Tong Thi Hang, a student at Binh Thuan Secondary School, Binh Thuan Commune, was treated for nearly 3 months at the National Children's Hospital, and was paid more than 186 million VND by the Health Insurance Fund...

To ensure the rights of students participating in health insurance, last school year, the Social Insurance sector provided nearly 1.3 billion VND to 38 schools to purchase and repair common medical equipment, buy books, documents, and tools for propaganda, extracurricular education on health care, health care consultation, and first aid for accidents and sudden illnesses for students...

In the 2025-2026 school year, striving for 100% of students to participate in health insurance, these days, the Social Insurance sector has actively coordinated with the Party Committees and authorities of communes and wards to direct and organize the implementation of health insurance for students. Mr. Dinh Thanh Tung, Deputy Director of the Provincial Social Insurance, said: Entering the new school year, when the new 2-level local government comes into operation, the implementation of the health insurance policy for students will face many difficulties compared to previous years. The Provincial Social Insurance focuses on comprehensively innovating the content, form and methods of propaganda, emphasizing the meaning, role and practical benefits of participating in health insurance for students; In particular, widely disseminate regulations on new support levels according to Decree No. 188/2025/ND-CP dated July 1, 2025 of the Government detailing and guiding a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance, in which the Central budget supports at least 50% of the contribution level for students.

Social insurance officers at Muong La base promote health insurance for students to parents.

Social insurance agencies closely coordinate with schools to make lists and mobilize students to participate in health insurance. Fully and promptly transfer primary health care funds to schools in accordance with regulations. Organize school health care well, ensure that schools have medical staff or sign contracts with qualified medical facilities; effectively manage and use funds from the health insurance fund in accordance with regulations. Strengthen inspection and examination of health insurance implementation for students at schools.

Since the beginning of August, social insurance officers at Quynh Nhai have been actively going to each school to promote health insurance policies for school officials, teachers, parents and students to understand their rights and responsibilities in participating in health insurance. Ms. Hoang Thi Hong, social insurance specialist at Quynh Nhai, shared: At this time, we focus on instructing school officials on health insurance operations, making lists of participants, collecting money, issuing health insurance cards, and providing primary health care for students. Strengthening the dissemination of the Health Insurance Law, especially health insurance for students and parents, to raise awareness of students and parents about the role, significance, rights and responsibilities when participating in health insurance, answering questions about health insurance policies; aiming for 100% of students to participate in health insurance; to raise awareness about the importance of health insurance.

Mr. Ngo Quang Thanh, Director of Quynh Nhai Social Insurance, said: Immediately after the communes started operating under the new model, the unit worked with the Party Committees and authorities of the communes, promptly implementing the meaning, humane values, and community sharing of the health insurance policy and that participating in student health insurance is the right and responsibility of each student, parent and school, ensuring no interruption. Establishing coordination teams with local schools to review and make a list of students who must buy health insurance themselves to propagate, mobilize, urge and implement the payment of health insurance in accordance with regulations.

Provincial Social Insurance officials promote health insurance for students at Son La College. Photo: PV

In the 2024-2025 school year, Van Ho Primary School, Van Ho commune, has 97.9% of students participating in health insurance. Determined to achieve 100% of students participating in health insurance in the 2025-2026 school year, before entering the new school year, the school has implemented many solutions. Teacher Khuat Thi Hoa, Principal of the school, said: This school year, the school has 1,246 students, mainly children of Mong ethnic minorities. Currently, the school has directed teachers to coordinate with Van Ho Social Insurance staff to review students who are required to buy health insurance cards, especially students in difficult circumstances, to develop a plan to mobilize support for buying health insurance cards for students, creating motivation for parents to continue to participate in health insurance for their children in the following years.

With the efforts of the Social Insurance sector, the drastic participation of the Party Committee, the government and the synchronous coordination from related sectors, we believe that in the 2025-2026 school year, our province will achieve the goal of 100% of students participating in health insurance; ensuring that students receive the best health care and develop comprehensively both intellectually and physically, contributing to improving the quality of education.

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