From 1-7, will health insurance premiums increase?

From July 1, the law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance officially took effect. One of the contents that many people are interested in is whether the health insurance premium will increase?

Students participating in health insurance will receive many medical examination and treatment benefits - Photo: NAM TRAN

A reader asked: From July 1, the law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance will take effect. So will the health insurance premium rate change?

What are the regulations on health insurance premiums?

According to the revised Law on Health Insurance (HI), the maximum contribution rate is set at 6% of the reference rate. However, this is only the ceiling allowed within the legal framework, and the specific contribution rate is still proposed by the Ministry of Health to remain at the current level of 4.5%.

Specifically, the current common contribution rate is 4.5% of the basic salary, paid jointly by the employer and employee.

In which, employers pay 2/3, employees pay 1/3. This ratio also applies to many other groups such as non-professional workers at the commune level...

In addition, the monthly contribution of pensioners and monthly disability benefits is 4.5% of their pension or disability benefits. The monthly contribution of unemployment benefits is 4.5% of their unemployment benefits.

For those participating in family health insurance, the first contribution is also 4.5% of the basic salary, which will then be reduced according to the number of family members.

For example, the second person pays 70% of the first level, the third person 60%, the fourth person 50% and from the fifth person onwards only 40%.

So although the new law allows a maximum contribution rate of up to 6%, people currently do not have to worry about an increase in contributions on July 1, because the specific rate is expected to remain at 4.5% as before.

Additional benefits for health insurance participants

Not only does it maintain a stable contribution rate, the new Health Insurance Law also expands benefits for participants, making the policy more humane and practical.

Specifically, from July 1, health insurance participants will have the health insurance fund pay for other expenses outside of current regulations such as medical examination and treatment.

Including remote medical examination and treatment, remote medical examination and treatment support, family medical examination and treatment, medical examination and treatment at home, rehabilitation, regular pregnancy check-ups, childbirth.

Transporting patients for subjects specifically regulated in the case of inpatient or emergency treatment must be transferred to medical examination and treatment facilities according to regulations.

Costs for using medical technical services, drugs, medical equipment, blood, blood products, medical gases, supplies, tools, instruments, and chemicals used in medical examination and treatment are covered by the health insurance fund.

These additions are especially meaningful for the elderly, people with chronic illnesses or people living in remote areas - groups that often have difficulty accessing health services.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tu-1-7-muc-dong-bao-hiem-y-te-co-tang-khong-20250618153509075.htm