25 years of developing social insurance industry: Valuable experience gained

13/02/2020 08:27 AM


Over 25 years of construction and growth, the social insurance industry has contributed to the coverage of the social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance policies, which have been constantly expanded. There are hundreds of thousands of workers and millions of people each year, who have been protected through social insurance and health insurance regimes, contributing to ensuring social security, creating safety and social stability, towards the goal of social justice.

However, in the process of construction and growth, the social insurance industry has encountered many advantages as well as many difficulties and challenges.

Social security policies for people are always concerned and adjusted by the Party and the State in line with the country's socio-economic development level and gradually approach international standards in the integration process. In the past 10 years, the Party has issued 03 important Resolutions on social security, which is Resolution No. 15-NQ/TW dated June 1, 2012 “On a number of social policy issues for the period of 2012 - 2020”; Resolution No. 21-NQ/TW of November 22, 2012 "On strengthening the Party's leadership in social insurance and health insurance for the period of 2012-2020" and Resolution No. 28-NQ/TW of May 23, 2018 "On social insurance policy reform". Accordingly, the Party has proposed a new social insurance model, from single-stage to multi-level, opening a new era for everyone to participate in the social insurance system. The above three resolutions have created a great opportunity for the social insurance industry to make a breakthrough in developing the participants and expanding the coverage of social insurance, while affirming its role and position in ensuring national social security. The timely promulgated policies and laws on social insurance and health insurance are important legal basis to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of law enforcement on social insurance and health insurance to ensure social security rights for people. The dissemination of policies and laws on social insurance and health insurance has been paid attention to by the whole political system.

The social insurance industry also faces difficulties such as: A number of policies on social insurance and health insurance are still limited and not synchronized with other policies; The number of new participants in social insurance only reached over 15.7 million; The number of voluntary social insurance participants made breakthroughs in 2019 but still at a low level compared to the potential; the goal is that by 2020, over 50% of the labor force will participate in social insurance, and 35% of the labor force participating in unemployment insurance, which will continue to be a great challenge for the social insurance industry; The number of one-time social insurance recipients is increasing every year; Compliance with the law is not high, the situation of evasion, payment of debts, payment of inadequate number and payment rates of enterprises, especially small and medium enterprises is still popular; Abuse and profiteering insurance fund are still happening in many localities ...

 

In 25 years of construction and growth, with the attention of the Party and the State, the close coordination of relevant agencies and especially the support and trust of organizations and individuals participating in social insurance and health insurance, the social insurance industry has achieved encouraging results, making important contributions to the cause of social security and modernization of the country. Having obtained these results, many valuable lessons have been learnt, which will be useful for the process of performing the next task.

The participation of the whole political system plays a decisive role in ensuring social security in general and well implementing the social insurance and health insurance policies in particular. Localities that get the leadership and drastic direction of the party committee and the government will achieve great results; conversely, if only focus on some content or lack of synchronization, the results will be limited.

The goal is to: Develop and plan policies and laws related to the field of social insurance and health insurance in a comprehensive manner, while ensuring harmony in the rights and obligations of parties participating in social insurance and health insurance.

Besides, determining the propaganda and dissemination of policies and laws on social insurance and health insurance plays a very important role, actively contributing to the implementation of social insurance and health insurance policies.

Another goal is to: Develop the social insurance and health insurance system in sync with the development of social services, creating favorable conditions for everyone to participate and benefit from social insurance and health insurance regimes. Innovate the mode of operation of the social insurance and health insurance system in the direction of quick and timely service, ensuring the rights of participants, creating satisfaction with the units and the people. Only then can it attract a lot of attention from all strata of society to actively participate in social insurance and health insurance.

Strengthen the coordination of inspection, supervision and observance of the law on social insurance and health insurance, especially focusing on inspecting and examining employers that owe or evade social insurance premiums for employees. Strictly manage the funding sources; timely settle and pay in accordance with the social insurance, unemployment insurance and health insurance regimes.

Improve the professional capacity of the contingent of civil servants and officials; changing the working style and communication method from administration to service, considering this as a prerequisite to improve service quality and modernize the social insurance system.

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