The rate of people participated in health insurance reached 79.5%

ABO - The Tien Giang provincial People's Committee (PPC) has just held a conference to summarize the development of universal health insurance (PPSI) in 2017 and assign targets for 2018. Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Thi Sang, Deputy Chairman of the PPC Tran Thanh Duc attended this event.

Deputy Chairman of the PPC Tran Thanh Duc presented the certificate of merit of the PPC to the collectives. Photo: P.MAI.

Up to December 31, 2017, the whole province had 1,401,636 people participated in health insurance, an increase of 132,505 people over the same period in 2016, reached 79.5% of the population, up 7% over the same period in 2016 and exceeded 3.06% of the Prime Minister's target. During the year, 122,302 new customers were exploited, an increase of 43% increase compared to the end of 2016.

Compared with the target of health insurance covered by the PPC, there were 10 out of 11 districts, cities and towns exceeded the target including Go Cong Dong district (4.9%); Chau Thanh district (4%); Tan Phuoc district (3.3%), etc... However, compared to the national health insurance coverage rate of 85.6%, the rate of the province is still low, especially unequally participants; the student population, household participation rate is low.

With these achievements, the PPC awarded 29 certificates of merit to individuals and organizations who completed and exceeded health insurance coverage.

Addressing the conference, Deputy Chairman of the PPC Tran Thanh Duc suggested sectors and levels to need good coordination are good as well as specific plans of each level.

In 2018, to achieve the coverage rate of health insurance compared to the population of 82.5%, the departments, localities actively advise and try to implement the tasks and solutions by groups of objects, to consider this as an important indicator to focus on. It is necessary to focus on workers, buyers, students and households; to promote socialization, mobilizing health insurance for disadvantaged people, etc...

By P.MAI – Translated by HUU TAM