On May 20, Vietnam Social Security announced that the health insurance fund currently covers treatment costs for all serious illnesses such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, rare diseases, etc.
Many patients with serious illnesses are paid billions of dong by the health insurance fund.
These are groups of diseases that require long-term or lifelong treatment, with high treatment costs. In fact, there have been many cases where people participating in health insurance have used high-tech, high-cost medical services, with the health insurance fund paying up to billions of dong. Thanks to that, patients have overcome financial difficulties to continue their treatment with peace of mind.
According to the Health Insurance Law, all people have the right to participate in health insurance and have the same scope of health insurance benefits; health insurance participants are paid by the health insurance fund for unlimited medical examination and treatment costs according to the scope and level of benefits, which can be up to billions of VND/year.
In addition, the Health Insurance Fund will fully pay for health insurance examination and treatment costs according to regulations, without restrictions on age, number of treatment days and total health insurance examination and treatment costs.
According to statistics, there are 10 cases where the Health Insurance Fund paid large expenses from 2023 to the end of April 2024, up to 3.6 billion VND.
Specifically, the patient who received the highest payment from the health insurance fund was nearly 4.5 billion VND: 5 years old, with an address in An Luu Ward (Kinh Mon Town, Hai Duong), the main diagnosis was "high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, kidney failure".
The patient who received the second highest payment from the health insurance fund was nearly 4.4 billion VND, 6 years old, address Tan Thinh Ward (Hoa Binh City, Hoa Binh Province), the main diagnosis was "genetic factor VIII deficiency".
The patient who received the third highest payment from the health insurance fund was nearly 3.7 billion VND, 6 years old, address in Tien Phong commune (Yen Dung district, Bac Giang), the main diagnosis was "glycogen storage disease".
The patient with the 4th highest health insurance payment is more than 3,684 billion VND, 6 years old, address in Tien Chau Ward (Phuc Yen City, Vinh Phuc), main diagnosis is "myelodysplastic syndrome, acute leukemia of unspecified cell type".
The patient with the 5th highest health insurance payment is more than 3,635 billion VND, 5 years old, address in Ngoc Lu commune (Binh Luc district, Ha Nam), main diagnosis is "glycogen storage disease".
According to Vietnam Social Security, the health insurance policy has practical significance, contributing significantly to the work of medical examination, treatment and health care for the people. Participating in health insurance is not only the right of every citizen but also demonstrates the responsibility to comply with the law and the spirit of mutual love to share with those who unfortunately encounter health risks.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/5-benh-nhan-duoc-bhyt-chi-tra-tu-36-ti-dong-tro-len-185240520115202405.htm
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