As of January 15, 2021, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance Agency, medical facilities in the province have seen an increase of about 12.5% in medical examinations and treatments covered by health insurance compared to in the same period of 2020.
“Although this policy has only been in effect for a few weeks and the number of treatments and examinations has increased, it is expected that in the future the number of medical examinations and social insurance treatments in the province will continue to increase. For the benefit of patients, we have asked Vietnamese Social Security and the Prime Minister to increase it for Ho Chi Minh City by 1,000 billion VND compared to previous years. Thus, the budget for 2021 amounts to approximately 21.500 billion VND “, a déclaré Phan Van Men.
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In addition, the Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance Agency has also suggested that the health sector continue to invest in medical infrastructure and equipment as well as improve the quality and professionalism of spring medical institutions. lower to avoid overload in higher level hospitals. In 2020, the city’s social insurance had covered 19,320,062 medical examinations and covered treatments for a total amount of 19,132 billion VND.
In 2020, the total receipts of social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance reached 68.695 billion VND. However, there is still a situation where some companies have to pay social security contributions with a debt of 1.513 billion VND. Faced with the fact that a number of companies do not make the insurance payment for their employees, the city’s social security has filed complaints with the courts.
Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, in 2020, the city’s social insurance also decided to temporarily suspend retirement benefits for 94 units and companies, with 19,497 employees, to the tune of 159 billion VND.
In 2021, social insurance will strive to reach a figure of 2,612,965 beneficiaries of compulsory social insurance, an increase of 10%; 75,000 people participating in optional social insurance, + 15.38%; of 8,355,937 beneficiaries of health insurance, + 8.48% compared to 2020.
In addition, social insurance is determined to collect social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance to the tune of 77.209 billion VND, an increase of 11.57% compared to 2020 and to bring down the rate of debt below 1.4% of total receivables.
At the same time, he will strictly control the costs of medical examinations and treatments covered by health insurance, ensuring the balance of the estimates assigned by the Prime Minister in 2021.
Text and photos: Quang Châu / CVN
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