Subjects participating in health insurance according to the latest regulations in Vietnam

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1. Subjects participating in health insurance according to the latest regulations in Vietnam

According to Article 2 of Decree 70/2015/ND-CP, participants in health insurance include:

* Military personnel participating in health insurance include:

- Officers and professional soldiers in active service;

- Non-commissioned officers and soldiers in active service.

* Public security forces participating in health insurance include:

- Officers, non-commissioned officers for vocation and officers, technical non-commissioned officers working in the people's public security force;

- Obligatory non-commissioned officers and soldiers in the people's public security force;

- People's public security students receiving living allowances from the state budget.

* Cipher persons participating in health insurance include:

- Cipher workers receiving salaries equivalent to military personnel working at the Government of Vietnam Cipher Committee;

- Cipher students receiving living allowances from the state budget under policies similar to those for military students;

- Cipher workers receiving salaries equivalent to military personnel working in cipher organizations under ministries, sectors, and localities.

2. Regulations on registration for health insurance medical examination and treatment for 2024 in Vietnam

Article 13 of Decree 70/2015/ND-CP stipulates the following regulations on regarding health insurance medical examination registration:

- Subjects stipulated in Article 2 of Decree 70/2015/ND-CP are allowed to register for initial health insurance medical examination and treatment according to Article 26 of the 2008 Health Insurance Law amended and supplemented at one of the convenient initial health insurance medical examination establishments where they work or reside; if registering for initial health insurance medical examination and treatment within the military or public security healthcare system, it should be carried out according to the regulations of the Minister of National Defense, Minister of Public Security.

For those regulated in Article 2 of Decree 70/2015/ND-CP under central management, initial medical examination and treatment can be registered at hospitals assigned the task of healthcare for staff managed by the center; under provincial or city management, registration can be at the Health Care Department's clinic for provincial or city officials.

- The procedure for registering for initial health insurance medical examination for the subjects stipulated in Article 2 of Decree 70/2015/ND-CP is implemented as follows:

+ At the beginning of the fourth quarter every year, Vietnam Social Security provides the Ministry of National Defense’s Social Insurance and the Ministry of Public Security’s Social Insurance with a list of initial health insurance medical examination and treatment establishments nationwide, including those under the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security. Social Insurance agencies are responsible for notifying units to the subjects stated in Article 2 of Decree 70/2015/ND-CP;

+ The subjects stated in Article 2 choose an appropriate place to register for initial medical examination and include it in the health insurance card application form;

+ The unit assigned to compile the list for proposing health insurance card issuance, including the place of initial medical examination registration for the subjects specified in Article 2, and forwards it to the Social Insurance of the Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, or provincial Social Insurance;

+ Social Insurance under the Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, and provincial Social Insurance confirm the place of initial medical examination registration on the health insurance card and deliver it to the unit for distribution to the subjects stated in Article 2.

- If the subjects stipulated in Article 2 of Decree 70/2015/ND-CP go on business trips or vacation in other locations, they are allowed medical examination and treatment at the most convenient health insurance medical examination and treatment establishment and receive health insurance benefits as if at the place of initial registration.

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