Nearly 90% of population covered with health insurance
More than 86.8 million people, or 88.99 percent of the population, had been covered with health insurance by the end of June, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).
Many hospitals nationwide have been equipped with advanced machinery to serve medical examination and treatment. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Morethan 86.8 million people, or 88.99 percent of the population, had been coveredwith health insurance by the end of June, according to the Vietnam SocialSecurity (VSS).
Addressing a conference onJuly 8, VSS Deputy General Director Dao Viet Anh said the health insurancepolicy has increasingly affirmed its role in society, noting that it has benefitedmore than 100 million turns of people coming to medical establishments forexamination and treatment each year.
In 2020 - 2021, the healthinsurance fund joined the State budget to greatly help with COVID-19 preventionand control as well as pandemic aftermath settlement, thus continuing to assertthe health insurance policy’s role as a pillar of the national social securitysystem.
By the end of June, more than17.1 million people had participated in social insurance, equivalent to 33.87%of those in the working age and rising 6.16% from the same period last year. Theyinclude nearly 1.5 million taking part in voluntary social insurance.
Meanwhile, nearly 14 millionpeople, or 27.55% of the workforce, had been covered with unemploymentinsurance, up 5.13% year on year, statistics showed.
Anh said giving the top priorityto insurance participants’ rights and interests, the VSS has actively workedwith relevant ministries and sectors to provide maximum support for them togain insurance benefits.
Its systemdelivered social, health and unemployment benefits to nearly 6.3 million turnsof people in the first half of this year, he added./.
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Many hospitals nationwide have been equipped with advanced machinery to serve medical examination and treatment. (Photo: VNA) 
