Allows the use of multiple identification documents in place of health insurance cards when seeing a doctor

From December 3, a series of new policies on health insurance stipulated in Decree 75 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree 146 of the Government, detailing and guiding measures to implement a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance will take effect.

Decree 75/2023/ND-CP was issued to amend and supplement a number of articles of Decree No. 146/2018/ND-CP dated October 17, 2018 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance. This Decree has many new points in the direction of increasing benefits for health insurance participants but also sets high requirements for relevant agencies, especially the Vietnam Social Security sector, in managing and effectively using the Health Insurance Fund according to regulations.

Accordingly, Decree 75 allows the presentation of citizen identification cards in place of health insurance cards with photos; other legal identity documents or documents that have been electronically identified at level 2 on VNeID when going for medical examination and treatment.

Regarding the validity of the Re-examination Appointment, Decree 75 clearly states that in case the re-examination appointment time is exceeded, within 10 days from the date of re-examination appointment, the patient must contact the medical staff to register for a suitable appointment or come for a re-examination in person.

Decree 75/2023/ND-CP also added and adjusted regulations on a number of subjects participating in health insurance paid by the state budget. These are people in safe zone communes and revolutionary safe zones during the resistance war against France and the US who are currently residing in safe zone communes during the resistance war against France and the US and have had their information updated in the National Population Database and the Residence Database but are not subjects specified in Clauses 1, 2 and 3, Article 12 of the Law on Health Insurance.

According to the representative of Vietnam Social Security, the addition of Decree No. 75 to include ethnic minorities living in communes that have just escaped from difficult and especially difficult areas in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the period of 2021-2025 according to the Prime Minister's decision is extremely important. This will create favorable conditions for all people, especially disadvantaged groups, to have the opportunity to participate in and benefit from health insurance policies, thereby contributing to maintaining and developing health insurance coverage.

In addition, the regulation that the state budget continues to support for a period of time after escaping poverty so that people can accumulate and have enough economic conditions to participate in health insurance demonstrates the Government's policy of ensuring social security and sustainable poverty reduction.

Decree 75 also added and increased the level of health insurance benefits, including increasing the benefit level from 80% to 100% of medical examination and treatment costs under health insurance for a number of groups of people who have contributed to the revolution;

People serving people with revolutionary contributions living in their families will receive 80% to 95% of health insurance medical examination and treatment costs; Spouses of martyrs who remarry but are receiving monthly allowances according to the provisions of the Ordinance on preferential treatment for people with revolutionary contributions (code TG): will receive 95% of health insurance medical examination and treatment costs.

Decree 75/2023/ND-CP stipulates 100% support for health insurance premiums for people in near-poor households residing in poor districts according to the Prime Minister's decision and other documents of competent authorities.

Meanwhile, Decree 146/2018/ND-CP only stipulates 100% support for health insurance premiums for people in near-poor households living in poor districts according to Resolution No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP and districts that apply mechanisms and policies according to Resolution No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP.