The city’s social insurance fund paid over VND4.6 trillion (US$202.4 million) for these medical services during the period.
HCM City has about 6.5 million health insurance holders, equivalent to 79.2% of its total population.
The number of people without health insurance was estimated at around 1.7 million, most of them were unemployed, those working under less-than-3-month contracts, or students.
The municipal Social Insurance Agency aims to have an additional 123,000 people joining the health insurance scheme from now to the end of this year.
By December 31, 2016, 81.7% of Vietnam’s population or about 75.9 million people have joined health insurance.
The country is pushing forward with administrative reforms and IT application in 2017 to develop a modern, professional and effective social insurance system.
