Proposal to increase health insurance support for students to at least 50%

If the health insurance support level is increased to 50%, students only need to pay 631,800 VND per year (illustrative photo)

The Ministry of Health proposed to increase the level of health insurance support for high school students from grades 1 to 12 to at least 50%.

Ms. Vu Nu Anh, Deputy Director of the Department of Health Insurance (Ministry of Health) said so at the Conference on implementing new regulations of the Law on Health Insurance and collecting opinions on the draft decree detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance organized by the Ministry of Health on March 27.

Currently, the monthly health insurance premium for students is equal to 4.5% of the basic salary (of which the state budget supports 30%, and the remaining 70% is paid by students themselves).

The health insurance premium for students based on the new basic salary, effective from mid-2024, is about 73,000 VND/month and more than 880,000 VND/year. This is the cost that this group must pay themselves.

However, recently, the Ministry of Health has received many comments about the higher contribution level through schools compared to when participating in family insurance.

According to Ms. Vu Nu Anh, if they pay for health insurance on a household basis, students can receive 30% more support than at present. Therefore, the Ministry of Health proposes to increase the support level from the state budget to at least 50% for students to ensure their rights and reduce financial burden.

If the health insurance support level is increased to 50%, students only need to pay 631,800 VND/year, equivalent to nearly 53,000 VND/month.

It is expected that the state budget will need to increase by 3,700 billion VND to raise the support level from 30% to 50%.

TB (summary)

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