Health insurance to cover 91.05 million people

Illustrative image (Source: tapchibaohiemxahoi.gov.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam SocialSecurity (VSS) is striving to raise the number of people covered by healthinsurance to 91.05 million, or 92% of the national population, by the end of thisyear.

Some 19.04 million people or 37.7% of theworkforce are expected to join social insurance and 15.21 million (30% of theworkforce) will participate in unemployment insurance.

To that end, the VSS said it will mobilise forcesfor premium collection and the expansion of insurance coverage, better performinsurance payment, increase inspections and supervisions, and further reform thecommunication work.

Health insurance to cover 91.05 million people by the end of this year (Photo: tapchibaohiemxahoi.gov.vn

VSS Vice General Director Le Hung Son reported at aconference on October 26 that over 17.08 million Vietnamese people, or 37.01%of the workforce, had joined social insurance by the end of September 2022, up537,000 people compared to the end of 2021.

Health insurance had covered over 87.4 millionpeople, or 88.4% of the population. Meanwhile, over 14 million had participatedin unemployment insurance, equivalent to 28.3% of the workforce, up 627,000compared to late 2021.

According to Son, the collection of social, healthand unemployment insurance premiums and the coverage rate basically increasedover the same period last year. Meanwhile, the social and health insurancepremium arrears tended to decrease, creating a premise to complete the targets,plans and tasks set for 2022./.

VNA