Implementing the 2023 Social Insurance and Health Insurance Campaign Month for the entire population, Nghe An Social Insurance has flexibly organized many different activities, suitable for each locality. In Vinh city, the Provincial Social Insurance focuses on promoting visual and direct propaganda activities. In particular, focusing on extensive communication about the meaning, role, and humanity of voluntary social insurance and family health insurance policies. Propaganda activities aim to attract attention and raise people's awareness of the Party and State's social insurance and health insurance policies, creating momentum for communication work and developing participants in the coming time.
Going with the propaganda groups directly at markets and residential areas in Vinh city, we could see all the difficulties and concerns of those who do propaganda work on social insurance and health insurance policies for the people.
As one of the people who have been involved for many years in propaganda and mobilizing people to participate in voluntary social insurance and family health insurance, Ms. Nguyen Thi Lien - President of the Women's Union of Trung Do Ward (Vinh City) said: "The key" for people to understand, trust and participate in the social security net of the Party and State is propaganda work. How to form and content propaganda appropriately and effectively is also an important factor that every social insurance and health insurance collection staff needs to grasp.
According to Ms. Lien, propaganda work does not stop at conferences, block meetings... but must go to each house, understand each situation to have the most appropriate advice. Promoting the strength of being the Chairwoman of the Ward Women's Union, Ms. Lien has many opportunities to meet closely with women, share joys and sorrows in life as well as social insurance and health insurance policies.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Mai (Block 7, Trung Do Ward) is one of many people who have participated in voluntary social insurance through the enthusiastic and responsible advice of Ms. Nguyen Thi Lien - President of the Women's Union of Trung Do Ward. Ms. Mai said: She is a freelance worker with an unstable income, so participating in voluntary social insurance is really practical for her. Although her income is currently unstable, she is still healthy and can try to work and save. Later, with a pension, her life in old age will be less difficult and she will not have to depend on her children and grandchildren.
With the lowest current contribution of only 10,000 VND/day, people have the opportunity to enjoy retirement benefits with pensions and free health insurance cards. Ms. Le Thi Bich Hop, a retired official of Le Loi ward, shared: Because she has enjoyed retirement benefits for many years, she understands very well the values that retirement benefits bring. Therefore, Ms. Hop persuaded her son (currently a freelancer) to participate in voluntary social insurance.
On November 21, 2019, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 1676/QD-TTg approving the Project on comprehensive innovation of content, form and methods of social insurance propaganda; in which May of each year is chosen as the Month for promoting the implementation of universal social insurance.
In recent years, the organization of the Month of mobilizing the implementation of universal social insurance has created a spillover effect on policies, contributing to increasing the rate of participation in social insurance and health insurance towards the goal of universal social insurance. At the same time, it has raised the sense of responsibility of people, employees and employers in proactively participating in the social security policies of the Party and State.
By the end of April 2023, the whole province had 2,995,949 people participating in social insurance, health insurance, voluntary social insurance, unemployment insurance, of which: Social insurance is 374,764 people, an increase of 6,459 people compared to the same period in 2022, reaching 22.30% of the working-age labor force; Unemployment insurance is 243,822 people, an increase of 7,900 people compared to the same period in 2022, reaching 14.51% of the labor force; Health insurance is 2,885,885 people, an increase of 29,726 people compared to the same period in 2022, reaching 92.34% of the population; The number of students participating in health insurance is 97.92%.
For many years now, all levels and sectors in the province have implemented a series of solutions to effectively implement social insurance and health insurance policies. In particular, during the month of promoting the implementation of universal social insurance in 2023 (May), many communication activities were organized to change people's awareness and expand the coverage of social insurance and health insurance. This is also one of the key tasks of the Social Insurance sector.
During the period of 2020 - 2022, the whole province organized 3,509 conferences to propagate social insurance and health insurance policies in hamlets, villages, and residential areas; In the first 4 months of 2023 alone, 238 conferences were organized. In addition, from 2020 to now, the whole province has also organized over 4,000 small-group communication conferences. More than 90% of communes, wards, and towns in the province have organized conferences to propagate, disseminate, train, consult, and have direct dialogues, etc. for target groups at the grassroots level. Organized 46 conferences to propagate, disseminate, consult, and have direct dialogues with employees and employers at enterprises.
Especially, with the theme "Sow kindness, spread love", in May 2023, from the funding support of benefactors, the Provincial Social Insurance organized the donation of 460 health insurance cards and 62 social insurance books to people in difficult circumstances throughout the province. This is an annual activity of the Nghe An Social Insurance sector. Through this activity, Nghe An Provincial Social Insurance and accompanying units wish to support people in difficult circumstances to have the opportunity to receive health care and enjoy retirement benefits when they reach retirement age.
