Maintaining the "social security lever" when resources are limited: Controlling and Optimizing the Health Insurance Fund to ensure patients' rights

As Viet Nam approaches the goal of universal health insurance (HI) coverage, the biggest challenge is no longer expanding participation, but rather managing and utilizing the Health Insurance Fund effectively and sustainably. Implementing Resolution No. 72-NQ/TW, issued by the Politburo on September 9, 2025, sets out breakthrough solutions to enhance public health protection, care, and improvement, with HI identified as a pillar towards free hospital care; in the context of rising medical examination and treatment costs due to increasing healthcare demands, while resources are limited, the requirement is to use the HI fund rationally, safely, and effectively, while ensuring full patient rights as stipulated. These are not two opposing goals, but rather two parallel conditions for the HI schemes to sustainably contribute to Vietnamese people’s healthcare.

Unemployment falls in Spain as Social Security affiliation surpasses 22 million

Spain's unemployment fell to its lowest level for the month of March since 2008, while the number of workers affiliated to the country's Social Security system rose above 22 million for the first time on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to official data released on Monday.

Ministry of Health: Ensuring comprehensive social security, preventing hunger and poverty, and leaving no one out of the eligible population

The Ministry of Health has requested localities to synchronously implement social protection and social evil prevention and control tasks in 2026, emphasizing the requirement to ensure that 100% of eligible individuals receive policy benefits and timely support when affected by natural disasters...