People with meritorious services, relatives of people with meritorious services who pay health insurance from the State budget from 2027

Legal Consulting Department of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Article 2, Circular 28/2026/TT-BNV of the Ministry of Home Affairs guiding the determination and listing of health insurance participants under the state management scope of the Ministry of Home Affairs (effective from January 1, 2027) stipulates the subjects participating in health insurance paid by the State budget as follows:

1. People with meritorious services to the revolution are entitled to 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 specified in Point e, Clause 3, Article 12 of the Law on Health Insurance.

2. Relatives of people with meritorious services to the revolution, wives or husbands of martyrs marrying other husbands or wives who are receiving monthly survivor's allowances and related individuals according to the provisions of the Ordinance on Preferential Treatment for People with Meritorious Services to the Revolution specified in points i, k, clause 3, Article 12 of the Law on Health Insurance are entitled to preferential treatment, including:

a) Biological father, biological mother, wife or husband, children of martyrs (biological children, adopted children), people who have contributed to raising martyrs;

b) Biological father, biological mother, wife or husband, children from 6 years old to under 18 years old or from 18 years old or older if they continue to go to school or are severely disabled, especially severely disabled of the following subjects: Revolutionary activists before January 1, 1945; Revolutionary activists from January 1, 1945 to the August Revolution of 1945; Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, Labor Heroes during the resistance period; wounded soldiers, sick soldiers, resistance activists infected with chemical toxins with a body injury rate of 61% or more;

c) Biological children from 6 years of age or older of resistance war activists infected with chemical toxins with deformities or defects related to exposure to chemical toxins with a body injury rate of 61% or more;

d) Martyr's wife or husband marrying another husband or wife who is receiving monthly survivor's allowance as prescribed in point a, clause 10, Article 16 of the Ordinance on Preferential Treatment for People with Meritorious Services to the Revolution.

3. People serving people with meritorious services to the revolution living in families, including:

a) Serving Vietnamese Heroic Mothers;

b) Serving people: War invalids (including type B war invalids recognized before December 31, 1993, people enjoying policies like war invalids); sick soldiers; people who participated in the resistance war and were infected with chemical toxins with a body injury rate of 81% or more; people who participated in revolutionary activities before January 1, 1945; people who participated in revolutionary activities from January 1, 1945 to the August Revolution in 1945.

Thus, from January 1, 2027, people with meritorious services and relatives of people with meritorious services as above will be paid health insurance by the State budget.

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