As of July 1st, the amended Law on Health Insurance has added four more groups to the list of beneficiaries who are eligible for free health insurance cards, bringing the total number to twenty. These groups will have their health insurance fees fully covered by the state budget.
Expanding free health insurance coverage. Photo: Nguyen Hai
In addition to the previously supported sixteen groups, the four new groups include: Full-time militia; individuals aged 75 and above receiving monthly survivor benefits; individuals aged 70 to under 75 from near-poor households also receiving survivor benefits; and workers who do not meet the retirement pension criteria and are not yet eligible for social pension, but are currently receiving monthly allowances.
The state budget will cover 100% of the health insurance fees for these beneficiaries.
With this adjustment, the twenty groups eligible for free health insurance cards as of July 1st are as follows:
- Officers, professional soldiers, police, and cipher officers currently serving and receiving salaries as soldiers.
- Non-commissioned officers, soldiers, conscripts, and military academy students of the army, police, and cipher corps who are Vietnamese citizens.
- Foreign students at military academies who receive living allowances.
- Students in reserve officer training programs lasting three months or longer who have not yet participated in social insurance or health insurance.
- Full-time militia (newly added)
- Revolutionary contributors and veterans.
- Current members of the National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels.
- Children under 6 years old.
- Family members of martyrs and those who care for martyrs as prescribed.
- Family members of revolutionary contributors, remarried spouses of martyrs, currently receiving monthly survivor benefits.
- Family members of the subjects at points a and b as prescribed by law.
- Individuals who have donated their body parts.
- Foreign students studying in Vietnam on state-funded scholarships.
- People from poor and near-poor households, ethnic minorities in difficult areas, and those living on island districts or communes.
- Retired commune-level officials who are currently receiving monthly allowances.
- Individuals who have stopped receiving incapacity allowances and are now receiving monthly allowances.
- Individuals receiving monthly social allowances, foster care allowances, or survivor benefits under social protection schemes.
- Individuals aged 75 and above receiving monthly survivor benefits (newly added)
- Individuals aged 70 to under 75 from near-poor households, receiving monthly survivor benefits (newly added)
- Workers who do not meet the retirement pension criteria and are not yet eligible for social pension but are currently receiving monthly allowances (newly added)
People can use their ID cards or VNeID for health insurance examinations.
Expanding the number of beneficiaries of free health insurance cards aims to improve access to healthcare services, especially for vulnerable groups, the elderly, revolutionary contributors, or those unable to participate in mandatory insurance.
According to Vietnam Social Security, as of the end of May, the number of health insurance participants reached 93.56 million, an increase of 3.24% compared to the same period in 2024.
These adjustments are expected to contribute to expanding health insurance coverage towards universal health coverage, ensuring equality in accessing healthcare services, and improving healthcare for vulnerable groups, people in difficult areas, and informal workers.
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