From July 1: Family health insurance card price increases from 1,800 - 4,500 VND/card
According to Resolution 70/2018/QH14, the basic salary from July 1, 2019 will be adjusted from VND 1,390,000/month to VND 1,490,000/month.
This also causes the cost of health insurance participation for households to increase to a maximum of VND 4,500/card.
Regarding participation costs, Decree 146/2018/ND-CP stipulates: The health insurance contribution level of the group of subjects participating in family health insurance is as follows: The first person pays 4.5% of the basic salary; the second, third, and fourth people pay 70%, 60%, and 50% of the first person's contribution, respectively; from the fifth person onwards, the contribution is 40% of the first person's contribution.
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| The level of funding for family health insurance participation. (Not including support from the State budget for some cases). |
The reduction of health insurance premiums as prescribed in this point is implemented when members participating in family health insurance participate together in the same fiscal year.
In addition, the beneficiaries of family health insurance have a benefit level based on Article 22 of the 2014 amended Law on Health Insurance and the guidance of Decree 146/2018/ND-CP. The benefit level of family health insurance participants is 80% of the cost of medical examination and treatment if they go to the right medical facility.
In case of examination and treatment beyond the prescribed level, the patient is paid 40% if treated as an inpatient at a central hospital; 60% if treated as an inpatient at a provincial hospital; 100% if examined and treated at a district hospital.
Nationwide there are more than 83 million health insurance card holders
According to the Vietnam Social Security, as of March 31, the country had 83.6 million people participating in health insurance, reaching a coverage rate of 88.1% of the population. In the first quarter of 2019, 44.4 million people enjoyed social insurance and health insurance benefits. Of these, 2.7 million people enjoyed social insurance benefits and over 41.7 million people received health insurance examination and treatment.