Quang Ninh to fund health insurance fee for poor households

Illustrative photo (Source: thoibaonganhang.vn)

Quang Ninh (VNA) – Quang Ninh authorities
will sponsor households classified in the category to
obtain , starting from January 1, 2018.

According to the provincial Department of
Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and Health Department, most of the
beneficiaries are members of ethnic minorities, islanders, families of
armed-forces personnel, and those who get social protection.

The northern province of currently
has 1,814 , of which 462 multidimensional poverty households
without health insurance will be funded next year.

By December 31, 2016, 81.7 percent of
Vietnam’s population or about 75.9 million people had joined health insurance.-VNA