Proposal to increase health insurance support for students to 50%

This information was given at the Conference on implementing a number of new regulations of the Law on Health Insurance (HI) and summarizing the implementation of Decree No. 146/2018, Decree No. 75/2023, Decree No. 02/2025; soliciting opinions on the draft Decree detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Health Insurance Law organized by the Ministry of Health.

According to Deputy Director of the Health Insurance Department (Ministry of Health) Vu Nu Anh, the current monthly health insurance premium for students is 4.5% of the basic salary (of which the state budget supports 30%, and the remaining 70% is paid by students themselves).

Regarding this proposal, a representative of the Health Insurance Department said that for students from grades 1-12, in the impact assessment report, the Ministry of Health expects the state budget to increase by VND 3,700 billion to raise the health insurance contribution support level from 30% to 50%.

For the student group, currently about 2.8 million people, the support level remains at 30%. The drafting agency has added this issue and will submit it to the Government in the near future.

Thus, 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.

The representative of the Ministry of Health further informed that, in addition to the group of students whose support level is proposed to be increased to at least 50% of the contribution level, the Ministry of Health proposed a number of other groups including: Village and hamlet health workers; village and hamlet midwives; non-professional workers in villages and residential groups according to the provisions of law; people participating in the force to protect security and order at the grassroots level; victims of bombs, mines and explosives after the war; people awarded the title of People's Artisan, Meritorious Artisan according to the provisions of the Law on Cultural Heritage.

According to the Ministry of Health's calculations, with a card purchase support level of 50% and a contribution level of 4.5% of the current basic salary of VND 2,340,000, the estimated budget needed to pay a maximum for these two groups is more than VND 44,800 billion.

Minh Trang

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