Nghe An province deploys social insurance and health insurance work in 2024
(Baonghean.vn) - By 2024, Nghe An strives to have 94% of people participating in health insurance; the rate of the labor force participating in social insurance will reach 25.7%.
On the morning of January 18, the Provincial People's Committee held an online conference to deploy social insurance and health insurance work in 2024. Comrades: Nguyen Duc Hoa - Deputy General Director of Vietnam Social Security; Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Doan Hong Vu - Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; Hoang Van Minh - Director of the Provincial Social Security co-chaired the conference.
Over 3 million participantssocial insurance, health insurance,unemployment insurance
In 2023, the implementation of social insurance and health insurance policies in Nghe An province has achieved many remarkable results. Accordingly, the work of propagating and mobilizing people to participate in social insurance and health insurance has been promoted; completing targets on increasing the number of participants, urging collection, reducing outstanding social insurance and health insurance debts; regimes and policies for people and workers have been implemented promptly, associated with good control of social insurance and health insurance funds.
The implementation of social insurance and health insurance policies has the synchronous coordination of the entire political system, with many innovations in content, direction methods and implementation methods; timely resolving difficulties in implementing social insurance and health insurance regimes and policies in the area.
The number of participants in compulsory social insurance and voluntary social insurance tends to increase year by year. The policy of supporting the cost of purchasing health insurance cards for the poor, children under 6 years old, pensioners, disabled people, social protection beneficiaries, etc. has received attention from authorities at all levels, contributing to the effective implementation of social security policies in the province. Most state-owned enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises strictly implement social insurance payments for employees in accordance with regulations.
By the end of December 2023, the whole province had 3,024,577 people participating in social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance. Of which: The number of people participating in social insurance was 385,131 people, reaching a rate compared to the working-age labor force of 24.9%, of which the number of people participating in voluntary social insurance was 112,790 people.
The number of people participating in health insurance is 2,911,787, an increase of 33,924 people compared to the end of 2022 (an increase of 1.18%), reaching a health insurance coverage rate of 93% of the population. The number of people participating in unemployment insurance is 251,742, an increase of 8,171 people compared to the end of 2022 (an increase of 3.35%), reaching a rate compared to the working-age labor force of 16.03%, completing the province's target for 2023.
Total revenue from social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance was VND 8,873.3 billion, reaching 102.71% of the revenue plan assigned by Vietnam Social Security, an increase of VND 1,018.6 billion (up 12.97%) over the same period in 2022.
The whole province settled social insurance regimes for 170,100 people; paid health insurance medical examination and treatment costs for more than 5.6 million outpatient and inpatient health insurance medical examinations and treatments, an increase of 543,000 medical examinations and treatments (equivalent to an increase of 10.66%) over the same period in 2022.
In addition to the achievements, the growth rate and social insurance coverage rate of Nghe An province are still not high compared to the general rate of the whole country and the target set in Resolution No. 28-NQ/TW; in particular, the number of people participating in voluntary social insurance who stop participating tends to increase. The reason is partly due to changes in voluntary social insurance contribution rates, along with the impact of the epidemic, the high cost of living also affects people's lives and income.
The number of people requesting to receive one-time social insurance benefits in 2023 is 26,668 people, an increase of 7,220 people (37.4%) compared to 2022. During the year, Nghe An Social Insurance has implemented many drastic solutions in urging collection and reducing social insurance and health insurance debts. However, currently, the number of units and the amount of social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance debts are still high, affecting the rights of workers...
Strive to complete the goal of social insurance and health insurance coverage
Speaking at the conference, comrade Nguyen Duc Hoa - Deputy General Director of Vietnam Social Security and comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee commended and acknowledged the results of implementing social insurance and health insurance policies of all levels, sectors and localities in the province.
Comrade Nguyen Duc Hoa - Deputy General Director of Vietnam Social Security suggested: Nghe An province continues to pay attention to directing all levels and sectors to effectively perform social insurance and health insurance tasks in the area. In particular, focusing on solutions to develop and expand social insurance and health insurance coverage; strengthening the management of health insurance medical examination and treatment funds, constantly improving the quality of medical examination and treatment, meeting people's needs.
The Provincial People's Committee studies and arranges local budgets to support the contribution level for voluntary social insurance participants; support health insurance premiums for groups affected by Decision No. 861/QD-TTg and Decision No. 353/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister; support groups of agricultural, forestry and fishery households with average living standards who are participating in health insurance for students at educational institutions, contributing to reducing financial difficulties when going to medical examination and treatment under health insurance for people; complete the goal of social insurance and health insurance coverage according to the Resolution of the Party Central Committee.
Receiving the opinions of the leaders of Vietnam Social Security, Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee stated: In 2024, Nghe An strives to achieve a rate of 94% of people participating in health insurance; the rate of labor force participating in social insurance reaches 25.7%.
To accomplish this goal, the Provincial People's Committee requests heads of departments, branches, and sectors; Chairmen of People's Committees of districts, cities, and towns; and units to resolutely, synchronously, and effectively implement programs, projects, and plans to implement the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress, the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, and the 5-year socio-economic development plan for the 2021-2025 period.
Strengthen the activities of the Steering Committee for the implementation of social insurance and health insurance policies at all levels; attach responsibility to local leaders in implementation, ensuring the completion and exceeding of assigned targets; regularly coordinate, share and connect information and data between departments and branches to ensure strict implementation of legal regulations on labor and wages; manage labor and enterprises well; balance and promptly arrange budget sources to support contribution levels.
The Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province also clearly assigned tasks to each relevant department, branch and locality in implementing social insurance and health insurance policies.
At the conference, authorized by the President, Mr. Nguyen Duc Hoa - Deputy General Director of Vietnam Social Security awarded the Third Class Labor Medal to Tuong Duong District Social Security; awarded the "For the Cause of Vietnam Social Security" Medal to 16 individuals; awarded the Certificate of Merit of Vietnam Social Security to the Economic and Position Crime Investigation Police Team, Vinh City Police and the Department of Corruption, Economic and Smuggling Crime Investigation Police, Nghe An Provincial Police for their outstanding achievements in fighting and preventing crimes in the fields of social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance./.
