Transferring health insurance registration from small hospitals to large hospitals, what do patients "gain" and "lose"?

Many readers wonder if changing health insurance registration from a small hospital to a large hospital will extend benefits?

Patients go for medical examination at Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Traditional Medicine - Photo: THUY DUONG

Speaking with Tuoi Tre Online , Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Hang, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance, said that when people change the place where they initially registered for health insurance examination and treatment, their benefits will remain the same.

The main difference is that the drug list at large hospitals is richer and more diverse, however patients have to wait longer, spend more time, and have to pay more co-payments.

In addition, if people register for health insurance examination at the initial medical examination and treatment facility, in addition to medical examination and treatment at the facility where they registered, they can also be examined at primary level facilities such as: private clinics, ward and commune health stations, clinics under the Health Center or inpatient and outpatient examination and treatment at hospitals that were identified as district level before January 1, 2025, or inpatient admission at provincial level hospitals that were identified as provincial level before January 1, 2025.

Recently, the Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance informed that the Ho Chi Minh City Traditional Medicine Hospital officially accepted initial health insurance registration for some groups. Notably, patients over 75 years old only need to bring their citizen identification to the health insurance agent to register.

In addition, people with chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, etc. are given the opportunity to register at this hospital for convenient long-term treatment monitoring.

Similarly, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital also started accepting initial health insurance registrations.

Eligible applicants include civil servants, employees, students and postgraduate students of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy.

The expansion of the initial health insurance registration facilities at two hospitals with specialized capacity is expected to help people access high-quality medical services right from the front line and improve the effectiveness of primary health care for the community.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/chuyen-dang-ky-bhyt-tu-benh-vien-nho-sang-benh-vien-lon-nguoi-benh-duoc-gi-va-mat-gi-2025101714422995.htm