Students unable to afford subsidised health insurance

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago

About 20 per cent of the 13 million university and college students in Viet Nam don't have compulsory health insurance, says the Health Insurance Department.

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Rate of uninsured among poverty-stricken remains high

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Báo Dân Trí English 5 month(s) ago 1 related news

Rate of uninsured among poverty-stricken remains high

Vietnam's goal of universalising health insurance is facing difficulties due to uncomprehensive policy.

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Gov’t must raise health insurance for poor: Ministry

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SaiGon GP English 7 month(s) ago

The Ministry of Health has proposed to the government to raise health insurance for disadvantaged people, including families whose economic conditions are close to the poverty line, as well as farmers, students and blue-collar workers.

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Ministry encourages increase in health insurance

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SaiGon GP English 9 month(s) ago 1 related news

Ministry encourages increase in health insurance

Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, the Minister of Health, on Tuesday chaired a conference to gather opinion on ways to increase health insurance in about 75 percent of the country’s population by 2015 and 90 percent by 2020.

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Breakfast @ Tuoitrenews – August 14

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 9 month(s) ago

Breakfast @ Tuoitrenews – August 14

Briefs of some of leading news stories published Tuesday (August 14) in Tuoi Tre Newspaper that will be carried today on Tuoitrenews.vn:

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Hospital fees soar in Delta

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VietNam News English 10 month(s) ago

Cities and provinces in the Mekong Delta have approved new public hospital tariffs with huge increases in most fees that have come in for sharp criticism.

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High hospital fees to hit poor hardest

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VietnamNet English 10 month(s) ago

Many hospitals nationwide have planned to raise medical fees to the highest level allowed under current regulations, regardless of their differences in quality of services or medical infrastructure, according to an official from the Health Insurance Department.

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High hospital fees to hit poor hardest

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VietNam News English 11 month(s) ago

High hospital fees to hit poor hardest

Many hospitals nationwide have planned to raise medical fees to the highest level allowed under current regulations, regardless of their differences in quality of services or medical infrastructure, according to an official from the Health Insurance Department.

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Universal health insurance a reality within two years

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VietNam News English 11 month(s) ago

Universal health insurance a reality within two years

Chief of the Health Insurance Department in the Ministry of Health Tong Thi Song Huong spoke to Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper about a universal health insurance plan

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Health insurance covers 56 million people

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Báo điện tử CP English 11 month(s) ago

VGP – Around 56 million people involved in health insurance by the end of 2011, accounting for 63.7% of the population, according to Head of Health Insurance Department under the Ministry of Health Tong Thi Song Huong.

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Hospital drugstores to sell medicines less than market rate

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SaiGon GP English 20 month(s) ago

Hospital drugstores to sell medicines less than market rate

Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has said that from now on hospital drugstores will have to sell medicines at a much lower rate than that in the market.

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Vietnam may hire foreign experts to assess hospital fees

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VietnamNet English 21 month(s) ago

VietNamNet Bridge – The new policy on hospital fees, under which the prices for 350 services will rise, is still a draft. It will be checked carefully before being implemented, said Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.

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Weak regulations make people pay to donate organs

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SaiGon GP English 22 month(s) ago

Weak regulations make people pay to donate organs

A 61-year-old woman, identified as L only, says she had to pay a Ho Chi Minh City-based hospital nearly VND20 million (US$1,000) for offering one of her kidney to her nephew in 2009.

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Hospital seeks premature baby subsidy

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VietNam News English 24 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

Hospital seeks premature baby subsidy

With the number of premature babies increasing, Tu Du Obstetrics Hospital in HCM City wants the Health Insurance Fund to subsidise the care of such children aged between six months and two years.

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Innocent traffic victims to be given health insurance

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VietnamNet English 24 month(s) ago 2 related news

VietNamNet Bridge –Victims of traffic accidents who haven't broken traffic laws will be eligible for health insurance to cover their hospital fees, said director of the Health Ministry's Health Insurance Department Tong Thi Song Huong.

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