Nghe An towards Social Insurance and Universal Health Insurance

Many remarkable results

May 8,Nghe An Provincial Social InsuranceCoordinate with Nghe An Post Office to organize the Launching Ceremony in response to the Month of mobilizing the implementation of social insurance, universal health insurance - Communicating and mobilizing people to participate in voluntary social insurance, family health insurance".

With the theme "Social insurance - the support for you and your family", the Launching Ceremony focuses on promoting extensive communication activities about the meaning, role, and humanity of voluntary social insurance policies, family health insurance; rights and benefits when participating; the level of financial support from the State budget, local budgets for participants of voluntary social insurance, family health insurance; the minimum voluntary social insurance contribution level from January 1, 2022...

Youth Union members of the provincial Social Insurance and the provincial Post Office propagate social insurance and health insurance policies to people. Photo by Thanh Chung

After the launching ceremony, social insurance from the province to the district organized mobile communication activities, direct propaganda in small groups, held propaganda conferences in residential areas, called on units and benefactors to donate and support social insurance books and health insurance cards for people in difficult circumstances...

With the effective coordination of social insurance agencies, post offices at all levels and the collection agent system, at the end of the launching ceremony, the whole province had promoted and mobilized 1,322 people to participate in voluntary social insurance, 2,222 people to participate in family health insurance. Nghe An is one of the three leading localities in the country in terms of the development of social insurance and health insurance participants on the launching ceremony day.

The launching ceremony has created an important mark, a premise to promote information and propaganda activities on social insurance and health insurance policies in the following period. The success of the launching ceremony once again affirms the determination and efforts in implementing social insurance and health insurance policies of the social insurance sector in particular and all levels and sectors in general, contributing to increasing the coverage rate of social insurance and health insurance.

Nghe An organizes the launching ceremony to respond to the Month of mobilizing the implementation of universal social insurance - Communicating and mobilizing people to participate in voluntary social insurance and family health insurance. Photo: Thanh Chung

By the end of May 2022, the whole province had 2,976,729 people participating in social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance. Of which: The number of people participating in compulsory social insurance was 258,912 people; the number of people participating in voluntary social insurance was 105,537 people; the number of people participating inhealth insuranceis 2,871,192 people. In May 2022 alone, the whole province increased by 2,185 new people participating in voluntary social insurance; over 3,400 people participating in Health Insurance.

According to comrade Pham Luong Son - Deputy General Director of Vietnam Social Security: Nghe An is the leading locality in the country in terms of the number of people participating in voluntary social insurance; commended by Vietnam Social Security, many models of developing social insurance and health insurance participants in Nghe An need to be replicated.

In order to create unity in awareness and action in leadership, direction and organization of implementation of the target on social insurance and health insurance coverage rate; strengthen the leadership of the Party, management of the State, mobilize the strong participation of the entire political system in implementing social insurance and health insurance policies, on March 7, 2022, the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee issued Plan No. 81-KH/TU on implementing the targets of the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party, Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress on the coverage rate of social insurance and health insurance in Nghe An province by 2025, with a vision to 2030... Along with that, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee also directed the implementation of many synchronous and breakthrough solutions.

Conference on propaganda of social insurance and health insurance policies in Yen Thanh district. Photo provided by Social Insurance

Regarding the social insurance sector, the standing unit of the Steering Committee for the implementation of social insurance and health insurance policies at all levels has always done a good job of advising and coordinating with the Party Committees, authorities, sectors and organizations in directing and implementing policies in the area. At the same time, it has proactively implemented tasks from the beginning of the year, specifically: issuing scenarios for developing social insurance and health insurance participants; assigning targets for developing social insurance and health insurance participants to each unit; signing coordination programs with the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, the Department of Information and Communications, the Fatherland Front and other socio-political organizations; regularly urging and reviewing groups of students who have not participated in health insurance to promptly mobilize their participation, ensuring that 100% of students have health insurance cards; mobilizing social resources to buy health insurance cards for people in difficult circumstances in the province.

Determined to implement well social insurance and health insurance policies

With the strong determination of the entire political system, Plan No. 81-KH/TU of the Provincial Party Standing Committee has set out very specific goals: By 2025, the proportion of the working-age workforce participating in social insurance will reach 26-27%; the proportion of the population participating in health insurance will reach 95%. By 2030, the proportion of the working-age workforce participating in social insurance will reach 37%; the proportion of the population participating in health insurance will reach over 95%...

To achieve the set goals, Nghe An Social Insurance determined that it must overcome many challenges, namely: The socio-economic situation is facing many difficulties after the Covid-19 pandemic; the implementation of social insurance and health insurance policies in the province is still affected by policies, specifically, from July 1, 2021, more than 100 highland communes of Nghe An have been removed from the list of particularly difficult areas, 187,896 people are no longer eligible for health insurance cards from the State budget; In addition, Decree No. 7/2021/ND-CP dated January 27, 2021 of the Government stipulating multidimensional poverty standards for the period 2021 - 2025 also affects the development of voluntary social insurance participants (the increase in the poverty standard in rural areas leads to an increase in the minimum contribution level of voluntary social insurance participants from 2022).

Conference on propaganda of social insurance and health insurance policies in Vinh City. Photo provided by Social Insurance

Speaking at the Conference to disseminate and implement Plan No. 81-KH/TU, Comrade Nguyen Van Thong, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee requested: Party committees and authorities at all levels to lead and direct the strengthening of information and propaganda work to raise awareness of cadres, party members, workers and people about social insurance and health insurance policies.

Every year, 100% of communes, wards, villages, hamlets, and businesses in the area have access to information on social insurance and health insurance policies in appropriate forms; pay attention to widely disseminating voluntary social insurance policies so that people clearly understand their rights and actively participate. Local Party committees and authorities focus on leading, directing, and linking social insurance and health insurance targets with local annual socio-economic development programs; mobilizing the participation and sense of responsibility of the entire political system; strictly implementing inspection and supervision of the implementation of social insurance and health insurance goals.

Improve the capacity and effectiveness of State management, coordination between levels, sectors and localities in implementing policies on social insurance, health insurance; optimize the process of resolving policies and regimes on social insurance and health insurance.

Departments and branches research and propose mechanisms to support social insurance and health insurance premiums for people in difficult circumstances in the area to participate in health insurance and voluntary social insurance. The Provincial Fatherland Front Committee continues to call on and mobilize organizations and individuals to donate health insurance cards and voluntary social insurance books to people in difficult circumstances.

Thanh Son