Medical bills accumulate despite Vietnam's rising insurance cover
By Le Nga April 7, 2021 | 08:15 pm GMT+7
People line up to pay for their medical bills at a hospital. Photo by VnExpress/Van Cuong.
Vietnamese have to pay nearly half their own medical expenses, twice the rate recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Specifically, 43 percent of medical costs have to be personally covered, which is "quite high compared with many other countries," Le Van Kham, head of the health insurance department under the Ministry of Health, told a Tuesday conference on healthcare.
The same rate in developed countries is often around 24 percent, he added.