Vietnam's health insurance coverage up, but targets difficult
02-Jul-15, Vietnam News
The number of healthcare insurance holders in the country has thus far reached 64.6 million, accounting for 71.4 per cent of the total population, the Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said.
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She said the latest estimation marks an increase of 2.7 million people over the same period last year. The ministry has set a target of health insurance coverage for 75 per cent of total population by the end of this year.
Minister Tien also said that many difficulties stood in the way of health insurance coverage of 75 per cent. Less than 60 per cent of the residents in Nam Dinh, Tien Giang, Ca Mau, Dong Thap, Bac Lieu and An Giang have health insurance, she said.
Several provinces and cities have not included the health insurance target in their socio-economic development programmes. Administrative procedures for purchasing health insurance were still troublesome and people still lacked information on the health insurance options available, she added. Many enterprises were delaying and dodging their responsibility for purchasing health insurance for their employees.