6 groups of subjects eligible for health insurance contributions from the 2027 budget
Circular 28/2026/TT-BNV stipulates 6 groups of subjects who are covered by the state budget for health insurance, applied from January 1, 2027.
Circular 28/2026/TT-BNV of the Ministry of Home Affairs stipulates 6 groups of subjects under the Ministry's management who are covered by the state budget for health insurance (HI), applied from January 1, 2027.
According to Article 2 of the Circular, 6 groups of subjects covered by the state budget for health insurance include:
1. People with meritorious services to the revolution: People who enjoy preferential treatment according to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 3 of the Ordinance on Preferential Treatment of People with Meritorious Services to the Revolution and Point e, Clause 3, Article 12 of the Law on Health Insurance.
2. Relatives of people with meritorious services to the revolution and related subjects: Including parents, spouses, children of martyrs; people who raised martyrs; relatives of some groups of people with meritorious services who meet the conditions according to regulations; biological children from 6 years old or older of resistance war activists who were exposed to chemical toxins, had deformities, deformities related to exposure and had a body injury rate of 61% or more; spouses of martyrs remarrying and receiving monthly death benefits.
3. People serving people with meritorious services to the revolution at home: Including people serving Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and people serving other people with meritorious services who meet the conditions specified in the Circular.
4. Veterans: Including cases of participating in resistance wars, wars to protect the Fatherland, performing international duties in Cambodia and helping Laos according to regulations.
5. Youth volunteers: Those who are eligible for health insurance benefits and funeral allowances according to Decision 170/2008/QD-TTg for youth volunteers during the resistance war against France.
6. People living in island communes, special zones: Belonging to the subjects specified in Decision 40/2025/QD-TTg.
According to Article 10 of Circular 28/2026/TT-BNV, the document takes effect from January 1, 2027 and simultaneously abolishes Circular 30/2019/TT-BLĐTBXH.
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