Morning news 14-7: New law but keeps health insurance contribution rate at 4.5% of base salary

bảo hiểm - Ảnh 1. — When participating in health insurance, in addition to the right to pay part or 100% of medical expenses, students enjoy many benefits of medical examination and screening - Photo: HA QUAN

Maintain health insurance contribution rate at 4.5% of basic salary

The Government has just issued Decree 188 detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance. Accordingly, the Government decided to maintain the health insurance contribution rate at 4.5% of the current basic salary.

Specifically, Clause 5, Article 6 of Decree 188 stipulates that the contribution rate of groups that self-pay health insurance according to Clause 5, Article 12 of the Law on Health Insurance is to maintain the contribution rate at 4.5% of the basic salary, including:

People in households participating in health insurance in the form of households; People living and working, people being raised and cared for in organizations, charitable and religious establishments; Employees on unpaid leave or having their labor contracts suspended; People not falling into the cases specified in points a, b and c of this clause.

Family members participating in health insurance together under the family form will have their contribution reduced: the first person pays 4.5% of the basic salary, the second, third, and fourth people pay 70%, 60%, and 50% of the first person's contribution, respectively, and from the fifth person onwards, they pay 40% of the first person's contribution.

Decree 188/2025 also details that employers pay 2/3 and employees pay 1/3 of the contribution rate.

The Decree also stipulates the level of State budget support, including: 100% support for the contribution level for people in near-poor households residing in poor communes. Minimum support of 70% of the contribution level for some groups.

Woman in critical condition after cosmetic procedure

According to the Hai Phong Department of Health, on July 11, the unit received information that Ms. Nguyen Thi Th. went to the emergency room after getting a beauty treatment at Thanh Tuyen Beauty Salon, No. 482 Nguyen Van Linh, Thanh Binh Ward, Hai Phong City.

Immediately after receiving the information, the Department of Health decided to inspect the compliance with legal regulations in the medical field and coordinate with the People's Committee of Le Thanh Nghi ward to inspect and verify at Thanh Tuyen beauty salon.

At the time of inspection, the legal documents of the facility showed that it was not licensed by the Department of Health to operate medical examination and treatment.

Regarding the case of Ms. Nguyen Thi Th., according to the Hai Phong Department of Health, Ms. Th. had her breast augmentation at another facility (the time of the intervention is unknown). At around 10:00 a.m. on July 2, Ms. Th. went to the Thanh Tuyen cosmetic treatment facility to have her face and chest massaged. After that, she felt tired and was given acupuncture by Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyen and had her chest massaged with hot oil. After that, Ms. Nguyen Thi Th. took a lunch break at the facility.

Early in the afternoon of the same day, Ms. Nguyen Thi Th. felt more uncomfortable and tired, so Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyen took her to Hai Duong General Hospital for emergency treatment, then transferred her to Bach Mai Hospital.

Also according to the Hai Phong Department of Health, at the time of the inspection, Ms. Nguyen Thi Th. was still being treated at Bach Mai Hospital.

Proposing the State to support and grant scholarships to students majoring in geriatrics

In the draft Population Law being reviewed by the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Health has proposed measures to implement policies to adapt to the aging population process.

Accordingly, the bill proposes to build and develop facilities to support and care for the elderly at home and in the community to adapt to population aging and the aging population.

Granting scholarships to encourage learning for students majoring in geriatrics with academic and training results that meet the requirements for scholarships at training institutions in the State health sector.

Granting policy scholarships to geriatric students who are working at medical examination and treatment facilities in areas with difficult socio-economic conditions and areas with especially difficult socio-economic conditions.

The State supports students majoring in geriatrics and encourages organizations and individuals to grant scholarships or subsidies to students.

Agencies, organizations, families and individuals are responsible for informing, reporting and denouncing acts of infringement or obstruction of the elderly from exercising their legal rights.

Establish a permanent national telephone switchboard to receive, advise, process information, notify, and denounce acts of infringement or obstruction of the elderly from exercising their legal rights.

bảo hiểm - Ảnh 2. — Air pollution in Hanoi is often at high levels - Illustration photo: D.LIEU

Prime Minister directs drastic measures to prevent and resolve environmental pollution

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed and issued Directive No. 20 on a number of urgent and drastic tasks to prevent and resolve environmental pollution.

In particular, the Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Public Security to strengthen its grasp of the situation, regularly review, supplement and update the list of polluting facilities, areas and locations of environmental pollution nationwide and direct inspection, investigation and strict and thorough handling of crimes and violations of environmental laws.

Detect, recommend, and urge ministries, branches, and localities to thoroughly resolve environmental pollution in urban areas, craft villages, river basins, areas with concentrated production and business activities, and concentrated residential areas, especially in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, according to their authority.

Focus on reviewing, proposing and recommending amendments and supplements to legal regulations related to environmental protection to improve prevention and deterrence effectiveness, and ensure the strictness of the law.

Develop and implement programs and projects to enhance the capacity for collecting, classifying, recycling, reusing and treating solid waste; collect and treat concentrated domestic wastewater in urban and rural areas; manage surface water quality; renovate and restore the environment, and treat environmental pollution in craft villages, collection points, and landfills that cause environmental pollution.

Deploy the identification of low emission zones according to the environmental protection plan and have a specific roadmap for implementing measures in the identified low emission zones. Invest in the development of automatic air monitoring systems in special urban areas and type I urban areas according to a specific roadmap.