Assaulting healthcare workers can result in criminal prosecution and a public apology.

On the morning of December 11th, the National Assembly passed a Resolution on a number of special mechanisms and policies to create breakthroughs in the work of protecting, caring for, and improving the health of the people.

A notable aspect of the Resolution is ensuring the safety of healthcare workers. Accordingly, anyone who violates the physical integrity, health, life, or insults the honor and dignity of healthcare workers will be subject to disciplinary action, administrative penalties, or criminal prosecution depending on the nature and severity of the violation. If damage is caused, compensation must be paid as prescribed.

At the same time, that person is required to publicly apologize through mass media or at their residence, workplace, or medical facility where they committed the act of violating the physical integrity, health, life, or insulting the honor and dignity of medical staff.

The resolution also stipulates regulations and policies regarding salaries and allowances for healthcare workers.

According to the Resolution, medical doctors, traditional medicine doctors, dentists, preventive medicine doctors, and pharmacists will be assigned salaries starting from bậc 2 (level 2) upon recruitment into their respective professional positions until new salary regulations are issued.

People who regularly and directly work in medical professions in the fields of psychiatry, forensic medicine, forensic psychiatry, emergency resuscitation, and pathology are entitled to 100% preferential occupational allowance.

Individuals who regularly and directly perform medical professional duties at commune-level health stations and preventive health facilities are entitled to the following professional incentive allowances: 100% for ethnic minority and mountainous areas, areas with difficult socio -economic conditions, areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions, border areas, and islands; and a minimum of 70% for cases not falling under point a of this clause.

The resolution also expands healthcare benefits and reduces medical costs for citizens.

Individuals participating in health insurance who are members of near-poor households, or elderly people aged 75 and above receiving social retirement benefits, are entitled to 100% coverage of medical examination and treatment costs within the scope of their health insurance coverage.

The National Assembly also decided to increase the benefit rate within the scope of health insurance coverage for social policy beneficiaries, vulnerable groups, low-income earners, and some other priority groups.

The health insurance fund covers screening, diagnosis, and early treatment of certain diseases.

According to the National Assembly's resolution, from January 1, 2030, a policy of waiving basic hospital fees within the scope of benefits for health insurance participants will be implemented according to a roadmap consistent with the country's socio-economic development, the balance capacity of the Health Insurance Fund, and the increase in health insurance contributions.

The National Assembly has directed the implementation of pilot programs to diversify health insurance packages, diversify types of health insurance services, and implement supplementary health insurance provided by insurance companies based on people's needs when eligible.

The government will regulate the beneficiaries and the roadmap for increasing the benefit levels within the scope of health insurance coverage for participants; the list of diseases and the roadmap for implementing the expenditure from the health insurance fund for screening, diagnosis, and early treatment of certain diseases, ensuring consistency with the increase in health insurance contributions from 2027.

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