Quang Ninh to fund health insurance fee for poor households

Quang Ninh authorities will sponsor households classified in the multidimensional poverty category to obtain health insurance, starting from January 1, 2018.

Quang Ninh has 1,814 poor households. Photo: quangninh.gov.vn

According to the provincial Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and Health Department, most of the beneficiaries are ethnic minorities, islanders, family members of armed-forces personnel, and those who get social protection.

The Northern province of Quang Ninh currently has 1,814 poor households, of which 462 multidimensional poverty households without health insurance will be funded next year.

By December 31, 2016, 81.7 percent of Vietnam’s population or about 75.9 million people had joined health insurance.

Source: VNA