Health insurance coverage likely to outstrip 94% in 2024

In the second quarter, there are about 18.3 million new people participating in in social insurance, he added.

Meanwhile, the number of people joining the universal health insurance surged by 1.22 million, an annual rise of 1.37 percent.

Two years ago, the Government set goal to raise social insurance coverage rate to 94.1 percent in 2024 and 95.15 percent in 2025.

In the first half of this year, the insurance sector paid social insurance benefits to nearly eight million people. Meanwhile, 442.380 other people benefited from the unemployment insurance.

At the same time, 89.55 million people enjoyed health care services using health insurance cards with a total amount of benefits reaching over VND66.92 trillion, equal to US$2.62 billion.

By late 2023, 39.25 percent of the labor force was participating in social insurance, with 31.52 per cent covered by unemployment insurance. However, the number of people claiming benefits has been rising. By December 31, 2023, those taking a one-time social insurance payout increased by 20.58 percent./.