The Law on Health Insurance 2008 is a significant step forward in the legal system on health insurance, which is a mechanism to ensure financial resources for people’s medical examination and treatment needs, contributing to social security and international integration. However, the 15-year implementation of the Law on Health Insurance 2008 has shown certain obstacles, inadequacies, and limitations that must be addressed. In order to perfect the regulations on health insurance in accordance with the Party’s policies and orientations, in line with the practice and the compatibility with the health insurance laws of other countries, the Ministry of Health is drafting a Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance with a number of noteworthy points as follows:
(i) Expanding the scope of people participating in health insurance;
(ii) Amending and supplementing regulations on health insurance contribution rates and responsibilities to pay health insurance premiums, and
(iii) Supplementing the regulations on late payment and evasion of health insurance contributions.
