07/11/2024 06:35 PM

The Vietnam Law Day, which falls on November 9, affirms the position of the rule of law in society. This day has been specified in the Law on Law Dissemination and Education since 2012. On this occasion, the Vietnam Social Security (VSS)’s portal spoke to VSS deputy general director Chu Manh Sinh, who is also chairman of the sector’s Coordinating Council for Law Dissemination and Education about how the VSS has responded to the day.

07/11/2024 11:20 AM

Health insurance law has been recently revised to make regulations on health insurance better and suitable with the recent situation.

06/11/2024 02:35 PM

NA Deputy Tran Khanh Thu from the National assembly delegation of Thai Binh Province has proposed that patients with rare and serious diseases be allowed to use referral documents for the entire duration of their treatment.

06/11/2024 09:46 AM

In the afternoon of October 31, the National Assembly held discussions in the main hall regarding the draft amendment and supplementation of the Law on Health Insurance. Contributing to finalization of the draft law, various National Assembly Deputies proposed solutions to improve the quality of health insurance assessment and the reimbursement process for medical examination and treatment premiums payment.

04/11/2024 03:24 PM

In the afternoon of November 3rd, at the National Assembly’ Headquarter, the NA Standing Committee provided its opinions on the draft Law on Employment (amended). Vice Chairman of the NA Nguyen Khac Dinh chaired the meeting.

04/11/2024 08:53 AM

Accordingg to USA’s commonwealth fund, an estimated 26 million Americans, or 8 percent of the U.S. population, lacked health insurance in 2023.1 While the United States still lags countries that have universal coverage, today’s uninsured rate represents a sea change from the years prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), when twice as many people — 49 million, or 16 percent of the population — lacked health coverage.2 This was also a time when people with preexisting conditions were out of luck when they sought to buy insurance on their own, when millions of young adults became uninsured when they graduated from high school or college, and when insurance companies in the individual market charged young women much higher premiums than young men and rarely covered maternity care.

04/11/2024 08:27 AM

During the plenary session on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance (HI), National Assembly deputy Ho Thi Kim Ngan (Bac Kan Province) proposed that, to address the shortage of medicine and medical supplies and ensure the rights of patients, it is necessary to clarify the responsibility of leaders in ensuring the availability of medicine and medical supplies.

04/11/2024 08:21 AM

On November 1, Bach Mai Hospital held a ceremony to announce the implementation of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system. In attendance were Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan; Lieutenant General, Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Long; and Director General of Vietnam Social Security Nguyen The Manh.