Nghe An farmers aim to receive pensions from voluntary social insurance
(Baonghean.vn) - On May 24, the Provincial Farmers' Association coordinated with the Provincial Social Insurance to organize a conference to propagate and mobilize farmers to participate in voluntary social insurance and health insurance in Hung Thong commune, Hung Nguyen district.
Attending the event were leaders of the Provincial Farmers' Association, Provincial Social Insurance; representatives of provincial departments and branches; leaders and departments of Hung Nguyen district and a large number of farmer members.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the conference, Mr. Vo Van Phong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association emphasized: Social insurance and health insurance policies are increasingly asserting their position as the main pillars in the social security system. Nghe An is one of the leading localities in the country in terms of the number of people participating in voluntary social insurance.
Accordingly, by the end of April 2024, the whole province had 3,026,983 people participating in social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance; the health insurance coverage rate reached 93.27% of the population; the social insurance coverage rate reached 25.15% of the working-age workforce.
To contribute to the above results, farmers' associations at all levels in the province have coordinated with the Social Insurance agency and relevant departments and branches to organize communication activities to raise awareness among officials, members and farmers about insurance policies.
Specifically: Organizing training conferences to disseminate and propagate the Party's policies and the State's policies on voluntary social insurance and health insurance; organizing contests to learn about social insurance and health insurance policies; organizing dialogue conferences with people to answer people's concerns and recommendations on social insurance and health insurance policies; communicating on mass media...
Thereby, gradually creating favorable conditions for people to access and deeply understand policies and voluntarily register to participate in voluntary social insurance and health insurance.
At the conference, officials and farmer members of Hung Nguyen district were informed about the policies on voluntary social insurance and health insurance; Plan No. 81-KH/TU of the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee on implementing the targets of social insurance and health insurance coverage in Nghe An province by 2025, with a vision to 2030; answered questions about regulations on procedures, records, processes, and methods of registration for voluntary social insurance and self-paid health insurance, etc.
Thereby, helping cadres and farmer members grasp the basic contents of voluntary social insurance and health insurance policies. On that basis, each cadre and member will be an active propagandist in conveying policies and helping people better understand the rights and responsibilities when participating in voluntary social insurance and health insurance, thereby voluntarily and actively participating.
On this occasion, the Provincial Farmers' Association and the Provincial Social Insurance presented 5 voluntary social insurance books and 5 health insurance cards to farmer members. Through the propaganda conference, 20 potential farmer members registered to participate in voluntary social insurance.
