What documents should people bring to get health insurance?

The Ministry of Health has just issued an official dispatch in response to the dispatch of Vietnam Social Security on the implementation of a number of provisions of Decree No. 75 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 146/2018/ND-CP of the Government detailing and guiding measures to implement a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance.

The Ministry of Health said that according to the Law on Health Insurance, Clause 1, Article 28 on medical examination and treatment procedures, the Ministry of Health stipulates that when coming to see a doctor or receive treatment, health insurance participants must present a health insurance card with a photo;

In case the health insurance card does not have a photo, the health insurance card must be presented along with documents proving the person's identity; For children under 6 years old, only the health insurance card must be presented.

When going for a medical examination, people should bring their health insurance card and/or citizen identification card (photo source: internet).

To facilitate people, Clause 6, Article 1 of Decree No. 75/2023/ND-CP stipulates: Health insurance participants must present a health insurance card with photo or citizen identification card when seeking medical examination and treatment;

In case of presenting a health insurance card without a photo, it is necessary to present one of the following identification documents with a photo issued by a competent authority or organization, or a certificate from the commune-level police, or other documents certified by theeducational institution where the student is managed;

Other legal identity documents or level 2 electronic identification documents as prescribed in Decree No. 59/2022/ND-CP of the Government.

"The Decree provides comprehensive regulations to ensure that when the health insurance card does not have a photo, people can replace it with other legal documents proving their identity with a photo for identification when going to see a doctor or receive health insurance treatment" - the Ministry of Health informed in the document.

Thus, based on the provisions of the Law and Decree, when going for medical examination and treatment, health insurance participants can choose to present their health insurance card with photo or citizen identification card. Only in the case of presenting a health insurance card without a photo, will the health insurance participant have to present one of the following documents:

Photo identification issued by a competent authority or organization.

Certificate of commune police.

Other documents certified by the educational institution where the student is managed.

Other legal identity documents or level 2 electronic identification documents as prescribed in Decree No. 59/2022/ND-CP

Regarding other legal identification documents, the Ministry of Health said that currently, in addition to citizen identification cards, a number of legal documents have regulations on personal identification documents.

For example, Article 6 of Decree 62/2021/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on Residence stipulates types of papers and documents proving personal relationships such as identity cards, passports; social insurance books, birth certificates.

Decree 136/2007/ND-CP on exit and entry of Vietnamese citizens stipulates that national passports can be used instead of identity cards.

Article 2 of Decree 123/2015/ND-CP detailing a number of articles and measures for implementing the Law on Civil Status stipulates that personal identification documents such as passports; identity cards; other documents with photos and personal information issued by competent authorities and still valid.

Circulars of the Ministry of Transport also stipulate that Vietnamese citizens when checking in for domestic flights can present one of the following types of personal identification documents: passport; identity card, identification card, certificate of the people's police, the people's army; driver's license, etc.

Currently, information about health insurance cards and photos of basic health insurance card holders have been integrated into citizen identification cards and citizen identification codes, so there is basically enough information and images to conveniently present when going to see a doctor or get treatment.

Regarding level 2 electronic identification documents, Decree No. 59 stipulates that when an electronic identity subject uses a level 2 electronic identification account in electronic activities and transactions, it is equivalent to presenting documents and papers to prove that the information has been integrated into the electronic identification account.

In addition, people's accounts that have been electronically identified at level 2 can use the health insurance card integrated on the VNeID application to go to health insurance clinics and receive treatment.

Regarding the case of health insurance cards integrated on the VssID application, this content is being piloted by Vietnam Social Security.

In case of using level 2 electronic identification account as prescribed in Decree No. 59 to log in to VssID application, it is possible to use the health insurance card integrated on VssID application to go to health insurance examination and treatment.

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/nguoi-dan-di-kham-mang-theo-giay-to-gi-de-duoc-huong-bao-hiem-y-te-post272565.html