In the afternoonof Oct 31st, NA shall hold the plenary session at the hall to discuss draft amended law which amends and supplements several law on health insurance's articles. At the end of the discussion plenary, Minister of Health shall explain, clarify several the prblems NA deputies raise.

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On November 27th 2024, NA shall vte approval of Law on Health Insurance's articles. 

According to MOH, after 15 years of deployment and implementation, Law on Health Insurance has trully come into life, affirms the correction and practical effectiveness of the policy, health insurance under principle of sharing risk which ensures finance source for people's health examination and treatment need to ensure social security and international integration.

However, during the implementation, the obstacles and difficulties, limits need adjusting such as: health insurance participants; scope of health insurance participants; scope of health insurance enjoyment; primary health examination and treatment registration, health insurance premiums under the contract on health insurance examination and treatment...

Therefore, amending, supplementing Law on Health Insurance is necessary to ensure people covered by health insurance under appropriate group; health insurance participants' right agrees with the need of healthcare, professional requirements and health insurance fund management and usage efficiency.

The revised law contains four policy groups: Adjusting health insurance participants under related legal regulations; Adjusting health insurance right scope based on  contribution premiums, balance health insurance fund and require healthcare according to periods. Adjusting health insurance's regulations under technical level of health examination and treatment  and enhance health facilities' role on primary healthcare, health insurance examination and treatment, efficiently distributing health insurance fund.