More than 91% of the population participates in health insurance

SGGP 06/29/2023 09:35

On June 28, the Ministry of Health coordinated with the Vietnam Health Economics Association to organize a consultation workshop on the revised Law on Health Insurance (HI).

At the workshop, Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan said that to date, the whole country has over 91.067 million people participating in health insurance, reaching a coverage rate of 91.1% of the population. At the same time, health insurance examination and treatment at the grassroots level has also increased, with more than 80% of commune health stations organizing health insurance examination and treatment. The quality of health insurance examination and treatment is increasingly improving, people have access to modern medical technology services, many new drugs, and high efficiency in treatment.

However, the implementation of the Health Insurance Law still has some shortcomings due to the provisions of the legal documents and newly arising factors, requiring practical requirements and the increasing and more diverse needs for health insurance examination and treatment of the people, but there are no adequate legal regulations to resolve them; some regulations and instructions are still lacking in specificity and lack of consistency with other legal documents. In particular, some issues regarding financial mechanisms have not created motivation, there is no specific mechanism for the development of primary health care, and the payment, settlement, and appraisal of health insurance examination and treatment costs still face many difficulties...

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/hon-91-dan-so-tham-gia-bhyt-post695445.html