Ho Chi Minh City proposes to issue health insurance cards to people over 60 years old

On July 24, the leader of Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance informed that the unit has just sent a proposal to the City Party Committee to support 100% of the cost of purchasing health insurance cards for people from 60 to under 75 years old who are not pensioners or are not sponsored by the state budget.

The proposal is part of a group of solutions to implement social insurance and health insurance policies in the area after the merger of administrative boundaries.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance Agency, at Point e, Clause 10, Article 71 of Decree 188/2025/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance, the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, based on the local budget capacity, submit to the People's Council to decide on the level of health insurance contribution support for target groups.

Previously, the People's Council of Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces (old) issued a number of resolutions to support local people.

After the merger, Ho Chi Minh City is still applying different support resolutions depending on the locality.

For example, Ho Chi Minh City (old) supports 100% of health insurance for people aged 75 and over from poor and near-poor households in Can Gio; people with serious illnesses; abandoned orphans; and children with mild disabilities from 6 to 16 years old. Poor students are supported with 70% of health insurance premiums.

Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province (old) supports all health insurance costs for people aged 65 and over, the poor and those who have just escaped poverty; supports additional costs for medical examination, treatment, travel, and meals; students are supported 50%.

Binh Duong area (old) supports 100% of health insurance for people aged 70 and over; ethnic minorities; unemployed workers after unemployment benefits expire; people who have just escaped poverty within 2 years.

All three localities have policies to support 100% of voluntary social insurance and health insurance for security and order protection forces at the grassroots level.

To ensure people's rights, Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance Agency proposed to use the highest support policies of 3 localities as the basis for building a new resolution.

For the elderly, Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance proposes to support 100% of the cost of purchasing health insurance cards for people from 60 to under 75 years old who are not pensioners or are not sponsored by the state budget.

In addition, other groups are also proposed for support, including: People with serious illnesses; people whose unemployment benefits have expired but are still unemployed after 3 months; orphans, people with mild disabilities; poor and near-poor students (partially supported); forces participating in protecting security at the grassroots level (100% supported by voluntary social insurance).

The new policies are expected to be submitted to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council at its meeting in late 2025.

Mr. Lo Quan Hiep, Director of the City Social Insurance, said that if the proposal is approved, more than 2.85 million people in Ho Chi Minh City will benefit from the policy, with a total annual support budget of about VND1,590 billion./.

(Vietnam News Agency/Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/thanh-pho-ho-chi-minh-de-xuat-cap-the-bao-hiem-y-te-cho-nguoi-tren-60-tuoi-post1051494.vnp