Stop collecting voluntary insurance in schools

Educational and training establishments do not collect voluntary insurance premiums. This is one of the contents of the official dispatch recently sent by the Ministry of Education and Training to educational and training establishments, universities, academies and colleges.

Students only pay health insurance every 6 months.

Regarding compulsory health insurance, 2015 is the first year of implementing the amended Law on Health Insurance, the health insurance contribution rate for pupils and students has changed (4.5% of the basic salary/month).

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, many educational institutions have collected health insurance premiums from students every 12 months at the beginning of the school year, causing difficulties for students and their families, and causing public outrage.

To facilitate students, their families and strictly implement the amended Law on Health Insurance, the Ministry of Education and Training requires departments of education and training to collect health insurance premiums from students every six months and avoid collecting them at the beginning of the school year.

The Ministry also requires schools to strictly manage and use the retained funds from the health insurance fund for primary health care at educational and training facilities in accordance with regulations.

Accordingly, this fund is spent on purchasing medicine and medical supplies for first aid, purchasing and repairing common medical equipment for primary health care at educational facilities…/.

According to VNA